March 1, 2009
An older map of Richmond and Manchester
Another map with some older versions of the street names around here (here and here, previously), this is the first that I’ve seen that identifies Jefferson Avenue as “New Churchill Avenue”. Neat also is the inclusion of the ends of the Chesapeake & Ohio train tunnel under Church Hill, all of the named streets in Union Hill, and Nine Mile Road labelled as “New Bride Road” (which has to be a mistake on “New Bridge”, right?).
The cover for the map identifies the map solely as “1897″, though the map actually shows the pre-1892 boundaries of the Richmond (just before the annexation of the area from Grove Avenue to Broad Street west of Lombardy Street to Boulevard). The cover attributes the map to George Craw.
The map also includes the Central Lunatic Asylum, which moved to Petersburg in 1882.
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Love the map, John! Is a “horse railroad” a horse-pulled streetcar, do you think?
It’s the right time period for that. I’ll have to dig up my copy of Rails in Richmond and see if that has a map or description of the old horsey routes.
Let’s bring back the old street names! I like them.
Why does that map look familiar… besides me probably having it. Where did you get that? You should see this 1890 map I have.
I picked it up at the antique thing at the Showplace this past weekend. It is a page from a book of unknown origin, with a similar map of Pittsburgh on the back.
There are two of these maps on Ebay right now for anyone interested.