Wickham House

The Wickham House, also known as the Wickham-Valentine House, is a historic house museum on East Clay Street in . Completed in 1812, it is considered one of the finest examples of architecture from the Federal period.
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  • Type: House
  • Description: historic house in Virginia, United States
  • Also known as: “Wickham-Valentine House”
  • Address: 1015 East Clay Street, Richmond, VA 23219

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Valentine and White House of the Confederacy.

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

Museum
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The Second is a historic house located in the Court End neighborhood of . 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. is situated 430 feet southeast of Wickham House.

Hospital
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The , formerly known as the Medical College of Virginia, is the public medical campus of Virginia Commonwealth University, located in downtown , United States. is situated 480 feet southeast of Wickham House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shockoe Slip and Downtown Richmond.

Neighborhood
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is a district in the downtown area of . The name "slip" referred to a narrow passageway leading from Main Street to where goods were loaded and unloaded from the former .

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

Neighborhood
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is a historic district of , . 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…

Wickham House

Latitude
37.54142° or 37° 32′ 29″ north
Longitude
-77.43081° or 77° 25′ 51″ west
Levels
2½
Open location code
8794GHR9+HM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 224601769
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­house
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­heritage
Wiki­data ID
Q7998382
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