#secondstreet

Good day to all of you!

Some good news today gave me inspiration for a few Lots. Some of them are old, and one a new big project - commission from one of you and it’s an interesting experience! 

But actually, I just want to share a littlebit of this inspiration with you! <3

Okay, lets start from the begining. 

1- 10. picture is The Last apartments from Second Street Lot. Last year I’ve posted another apartment from it (here and here). This one inspired by Devil May Cry game series. And thats because I called it - Nero’s apt.

11. Small apt, which you can saw on the preview of meinkatz conversion set. I’ve changed it a little and finally created perfect bed for this.

12. Master bedroom from commission project. And, it’s a preview of another fake glass set (yes again and again)... We all love a new of it, yes? XD

2610 East Franklin Street

(10 North Second Street)

Built in 1848 by Frederick and William Anderson, part of a row of four town houses. Owned by the family of Miss Ellen Wilkins Tompkins, 1877-1963. Demolished in 1969 by the City of Richmond for library expansion. Re-erected in 1969-1971.

Quite the achievement! A beautiful example of historical preservation.

According to Sanborn, 10 North Second would be about middle of the block. That space was lost with the expansion of the Richmond Public Library, a campus that now consumes all but the southwest corner of the block.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Richmond (1905) — Plate 90

Rocket Werks RVA Postcards

2610 East Franklin Street

10 North Second Street

Ancient Advertising (94)

Craft’s Hall Pianos

Alley, next to 205 North Second Street

Wayback RVA (139)

Home Office of the Southern Aid Society of Virginia — Organized 1893 (a new building to be constructed) Mr. A. D. Price, Pres.

This one took a little detective work, but the address at 504 Second Street finally coughed up, and made sense, since A. D. Price’s principal place of business was right around the corner on Leigh. Pinning down the exact location is a little tougher since the street has been renumbered, but this is about the right location. And really, why would you have 504 in the middle of the block when you have 525 and 527 right across the street? Honestly...

Souvenir Views Negro Enterprises and Residences, Richmond, Va

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Richmond (1905) — Plate 71

504 Second Street

Atlas RVA! Project

Wayback RVA (130)

Home Office of the Richmond Beneficial Insurance Co. Organized 1894 Mr. E. F. Johnson, Pres. 1906 Gross Receipts $112,182.81 Claims Paid $57,609.64 Real Estate in Virginia $10,000

Souvenir Views Negro Enterprises and Residences, Richmond, Va

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Richmond (1905) — Plate 70

724 North Fifth Street

1911 building at 700 North Second Street

Note that the building from Souvenir Views is the original building, not the Richmond Beneficial building that still stands at 700 North Second Street, built in 1911, four years after the publication of the booklet. The picture shows the street number as 724. There is no precise source that states the location, however, a search of the Sanborn maps suggests that it was at 724 North Fifth Street because:

Richmond Beneficial was organized in 1894 by Reverend Wesley F. Graham, who was pastor of the Fifth Street Baptist Church, located at 629 North Fifth Street.

For the named streets, it would have to be East not West, and 700 would take it out of Jackson Ward.

There is no 724 on East Broad, East Marshall, East Grace, East Clay, East Leigh Streets.

No 700 block of East Jackson Street.

For the ordinal streets, there is a 724 North Second, but it is unmarked.

There is a 724 North Third but it is conjoined, while the picture clearly shows it as a free-standing building.

North Fourth Street has 722 and 726, but no 724.

There is no 724 on North Sixth or Seventh Streets.

724 North Eighth or Ninth Streets would have been in a ravine.

If better information exists, Rocket Werks is happy to be corrected.

Atlas RVA! Project