Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site - Richmond VA
Posted by: Don.Morfe
N 37° 32.864 W 077° 26.240
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Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site is located at 600 N. 2nd Street, Richmond VA 23219. Maggie Walker, the daughter of a slave, was a pioneering African-American businesswoman and civil rights activist.
Waymark Code: WM19EW8
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 02/13/2024
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From Wikipedia
"The Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site is a United States National Historic Landmark and a National Historic Site located at 110½ E. Leigh Street on "Quality Row" in the Jackson Ward neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia. The site was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1975. The National Historic Site was established in 1978 to tell the story of the life and work of Maggie L. Walker (1867-1934), the first woman to serve as president of a bank in the United States. It was built by George W. Boyd, father of physician, Sarah Garland Boyd Jones. The historic site protects the restored and originally furnished home of Walker. Tours of the home are offered by National Park Service rangers.
The centerpiece of the site is the Maggie Walker House, a two-story Victorian Gothic brick rowhouse located near the center of the block of East Leigh between 1st and 2nd Streets. A Colonial Revival porch with sunroom above covers the front of the house. The interior is furnished with original belongings of Maggie Lena Walker, and period furnishings dating to the 1920s and 1930s. The house, complete with Walker's effects, was donated to the people of the United States by her descendants in 1979."
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