Oliver Hill Courthouse

Oliver Hill Courthouse is a courthouse in Richmond, Central Virginia, Virginia which is located on Oliver Hill Way. Oliver Hill Courthouse is situated nearby to the prison Richmond City Jail, as well as near the police station Richmond City Sheriff’s Office.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground and Shockoe Hill Burying Ground Historic District.

Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground

Historic site

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The Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground was established by the city of Richmond, Virginia, for the interment of free people of color, and the enslaved. Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground is situated 1,600 feet northwest of Oliver Hill Courthouse.

Shockoe Hill Burying Ground Historic District

Historic site

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The Shockoe Hill Burying Ground Historic District is a historic district located in the city of Richmond, Virginia, and is a significant example of a municipal almshouse–public hospital–cemetery complex of the sort that arose in the period of the New Republic, following disestablishment of the Anglican Church. Shockoe Hill Burying Ground Historic District is situated 2,000 feet northwest of Oliver Hill Courthouse.

The Almshouse

Heritage site

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The Almshouse, also known as the City Home is a historic almshouse and hospital complex located in Richmond, Virginia. The Almshouse is situated 2,300 feet northwest of Oliver Hill Courthouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fairmount and Union Hill.

Fairmount

Neighborhood

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Originally a trolley car suburb in the years just before the dawn of the 20th century, the Fairmount neighborhood in Church Hill, Richmond, Virginia, is located just north of Union Hill.

Union Hill

Neighborhood

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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…