The Valentine

Join The Valentine as we explore the people, architecture and culture of one of Richmond’s earliest street-car suburbs and consider how Richmond’s middle class sought to build a peaceful home life separate from the hustle and bustle of downtown Richmond. Meeting place: Barton Heights Mansion, 2112 Monteiro Ave. ...

On a spectacular bluff overlooking the James River, Hollywood Cemetery has been the final resting place of some of Virginia’s most prominent citizens since 1847. Meeting place: Enter at Cherry and Albemarle streets, meet at the rear of the stone cottage to the left. ...

Step into the past in Shockoe Bottom, one of Richmond’s oldest historic districts, to explore the struggles for freedom that helped shape America. Meeting place: The Valentine First Freedom Center, 14 South 14th Street. ...

Join the most experienced guides in Richmond as we explore the graves of rebels and rockers, politicians and Pulitzer prize winners, and, of course, two U.S. presidents: James Monroe and John Tyler. Meeting place: Enter at Cherry and Albemarle streets, meet at the rear of the stone cottage to left. ...

Join Richmond’s most experienced guides as you discover stories of Richmond’s earliest Indigenous inhabitants, enslaved people fighting to be free, Thomas Jefferson’s historic Statute of Religious Freedom, Dr. Mary Walker’s demands for equality for women and more. Meeting place: The Valentine First Freedom Center, 14 South 14th Street. ...

Visit murals, revitalized buildings and historic homes and learn the neighborhood’s rich history. As they trace its evolution from immigrant working-class neighborhood, to the “Harlem of the South” we’ll explore how art is telling the story of Jackson Ward. Meeting place: In front of the mural at 325 N2nd Street. Photo courtesy Richmond Mural Project ...