Benjamin Watkins Leigh House

Benjamin Watkins Leigh House, also known as the Wickham-Leigh House, is a historic home located in Richmond, Virginia. It was built between 1812 and 1816, and is a three-story, four-bay-by-three-bay dwelling showcasing Federal architecture with rectangular stuccoed brick.

Photo: Morgan Riley, Public domain.

Type: House
Description: historic house in Virginia, United States
Address: 1000 East Clay Street, Richmond, VA 23219

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Valentine and White House of the Confederacy.

The Valentine

Museum

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The Valentine is a museum in Richmond, Virginia dedicated to collecting, preserving and interpreting Richmond's history. Founded by Mann S. Valentine II 1898, it was the first museum in Richmond.

White House of the Confederacy

Museum

Photo: AlbertHerring, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Second White House of the Confederacy is a historic house located in the Court End neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia. Built in 1818, it was the main executive residence of the sole President of the Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis, from August 1861 until April 1865. White House of the Confederacy is situated 630 feet southeast of Benjamin Watkins Leigh House.

VCU Medical Center

Hospital

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The VCU Medical Center, formerly known as the Medical College of Virginia, is the public medical campus of Virginia Commonwealth University, located in downtown Richmond, Virginia, United States. VCU Medical Center is situated 710 feet southeast of Benjamin Watkins Leigh House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shockoe Slip and Downtown Richmond.

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.

Downtown Richmond

Photo: Bruce Emmerling, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Downtown district of Richmond includes the business district, Shockoe, Jackson Ward and Tobacco Row.

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…

Benjamin Watkins Leigh House

Categories: building and residential building
Location: Richmond, Central Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.54202° or 37° 32′ 31″ north

Longitude

-77.43104° or 77° 25′ 52″ west

Open location code

8794GHR9+RH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 224601766

OpenStreetMap feature

building=house

Wikidata ID

Q15615812

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French: “Benjamin Watkins Leigh House”

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