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Decatur O. Davis House

Decatur O. Davis House is a historic home located in . It was designed by architect Albert Lawrence West and built in 1879. It is a three-story, three-bay, Second Empire style brick dwelling with a mansard roof.
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  • Type: Building
  • Description: Richmond, Virginia, NRHP-listed in Virginia
  • Address: 1001 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 served as the main executive residence of the sole President of the Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis, from August 1861 until April 1865. is situated 620 feet southeast of Decatur O. Davis House.

Government office
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The is the seat of state government of the , located in , the state capital. It houses the oldest elected legislative body in North America, the Virginia General Assembly, first established as the House of Burgesses in 1619. is situated 1,200 feet southwest of Decatur O. Davis 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…

Decatur O. Davis House

Latitude
37.54169° or 37° 32′ 30″ north
Longitude
-77.43137° or 77° 25′ 53″ west
Levels
3
Open location code
8794GHR9+MF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 224601770
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q16954919
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