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Richmond (undated)

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Will Weaver 05/23/2014 at 7:34 AM

Based on notes on the Virginia Highways Project website (http://www.vahighways.com), this map is likely from between 1934 and 1949. Chamberlayne Avenue doesn’t connect to Belvidere Street yet and US 1 and 301 are routed on Broad and Lombardy, Route 147 isn’t on Main yet, and US 360 doesn’t use 17th and 18th yet.

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Cadeho 05/23/2014 at 9:47 AM

The latest date seems to be 1956. I’ve looked at some of the subdivision plats on Henrico’s site and the latest one I saw was Mayfair Place from 1956 and it’s on the map. It also has the route of the Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike as proposed. It is possible it could be from 1957 while the road was under construction. But I like seeing Richmond’s streets as originally planned before we decided to destroy sections of the city. Also during this time, most of the neighborhoods went by their original names.

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Houdon 05/23/2014 at 10:33 AM

Also the congregation at Cedar Street Baptist had not yet petitioned to have the name of Pleasants Street changed to Cedar.

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tiny 05/23/2014 at 10:51 AM

Here is a clue: Armstrong High School appears at the 31st location – the school moved there in 1951. It is also marked as a “colored” school.

Kennedy High School does not appear on the map – this is the location of the current Armstrong, having moved in 2004. Kennedy was constructed in 1968.

Also, the Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike opened in 1958. So the date range for the map would be between 1951 an 1958.
So, this date range for this map

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jean mcdaniel 05/23/2014 at 4:29 PM

tiny
GOOD WORK!

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