Shockoe Valley
Shockoe Valley is an area in Richmond, Virginia, just east of downtown, along the James River, and is the entertainment center of the city. Located between Shockoe Hill and Church Hill, Shockoe Valley contains much of the land included in Colonel William Mayo's 1737 plan of Richmond, making it one of the city's oldest neighborhoods.- Type: Historic site
- Description: historic district in Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
- Also known as: “Shockoe Valley and Tobacco Row Historic District”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Edgar Allan Poe Museum and Virginia Holocaust Museum.
Edgar Allan Poe Museum
Museum
Photo: Albrecht Conz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Poe Museum or the Edgar Allan Poe Museum, is a museum located in the Shockoe Bottom neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia, United States, dedicated to American writer Edgar Allan Poe.
Virginia Holocaust Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Virginia Holocaust Museum is a public history museum located in Richmond, Virginia, United States. The museum is dedicated to depicting the Holocaust through the personal stories of its victims. Virginia Holocaust Museum is situated 510 feet south of Shockoe Valley.
Libby Prison
Archaeological site
Photo: Alexander Gardner (photographer), Public domain.
Libby Prison was a Confederate prison at Richmond, Virginia, during the American Civil War. In 1862 it was designated to hold officer prisoners from the Union Army, taking in numbers from the nearby Seven Days Battles and other conflicts of the Union's Peninsular campaign to take Richmond and end the war only a year after it had begun. Libby Prison is situated 650 feet south of Shockoe Valley.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shockoe Bottom and Shockoe Slip.
Shockoe Bottom
Neighborhood
Shockoe Bottom, historically known as Shockoe Valley, is an area in Richmond, Virginia, just east of downtown, along the James River. Located between Shockoe Hill and Church Hill, Shockoe Bottom contains much of the land included in Colonel William Mayo's 1737 plan of Richmond, making it one of the city's oldest neighborhoods.
Shockoe Slip
Neighborhood
Photo: Morgan Riley, CC BY 3.0.
Shockoe Slip is a district in the downtown area of Richmond, Virginia. The name "slip" referred to a narrow passageway leading from Main Street to where goods were loaded and unloaded from the former James River and Kanawha Canal.
Union Hill
Neighborhood
Photo: Morgan Riley, CC BY 3.0.
Union Hill is a historic district of Richmond, Virginia. According to the Richmond Times Dispatch, the neighborhood "generally is bordered on the south by East Marshall Street and Jefferson Avenue, on the west by Mosby Street, on the north by O and Carrington…
Shockoe Valley
- Categories: historic district, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Richmond, Central Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.53231° or 37° 31′ 56″ northLongitude
-77.42581° or 77° 25′ 33″ westOpen location code
8794GHJF+WMOpenStreetMap ID
way 1521092992OpenStreetMap feature
historic=districtWikidata ID
Q18158035
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