Neighborhood History
On December 26, 1811, more than 70 people died during the 1811 Richmond Theater Fire in the Court End neighborhood. Monumental Church currently sits on the site of the destroyed theater. The ashes of the fire victims were buried in a crypt beneath the church floorboards. In 2012 Meredith Henne Baker published The 1811 Richmond Theater […]
On December 26, 1811, more than 70 people died during the 1811 Richmond Theater Fire in the Court End neighborhood. Monumental Church currently sits on the site of the destroyed theater. The ashes of the fire victims were buried in a crypt beneath the church floorboards. In 2012 Meredith Henne Baker published The 1811 Richmond Theater […]
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