The War Horse
The War Horse is a work of art in Richmond, Central Virginia, Virginia. The War Horse is situated nearby to the historic building Battle Abbey, as well as near Helen Wapole Brewer Library.- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: statue
- Inscription: “In memory of the one and one half million horses and mules of the Confederate and Union armies who were killed, were wounded or died from disease in the Civil War.”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and Robinson House.
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Museum
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The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is an art museum in Richmond, Virginia, United States, which opened in 1936. The museum is owned and operated by the Commonwealth of Virginia. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is situated 640 feet south of The War Horse.
Robinson House
Historic building
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Robinson House, also known as The Grove, Main Building, and Fleming Hall, is a historic home located in Richmond, Virginia.
Virginia Historical Society
Museum
The Virginia Museum of History and Culture founded in 1831 as the Virginia Historical and Philosophical Society and headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, is a major repository, research, and teaching center for Virginia history.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Museum District and Carytown.
Museum District
The Museum District is a district in Richmond, Virginia. In 1993, after many years of work this neighborhood was recognized as a Federal and State Historic District.
Carytown
Neighborhood
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Carytown is an urban retail district in Richmond, Virginia; it is along Cary Street at the southern end of the Museum District. Located west of the historic Fan District, Carytown has an eclectic flavor and includes more than 230 shops, restaurants, and offices.
The Fan
Photo: Bruce Emmerling, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Fan is a district in Richmond, Virginia. It is named The Fan because of the way the roads fan out to the west from N. Belvidere St. It is easy to find a variety of boundaries that "define" the Fan, just ask a variety of Richmonders.
The War Horse
- Categories: tourism, historic site, and memorial
- Location: Richmond, Central Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.55773° or 37° 33′ 28″ northLongitude
-77.47428° or 77° 28′ 27″ westInception
September 17th, 1997Open location code
8794HG5G+37OpenStreetMap ID
node 13993023412OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=statue
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