Historic Structure Report: Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site, 110 1/2 East Leigh Street
Mickler MP. 1982. Historic Structure Report: Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site, 110 1/2 East Leigh Street. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Mid-Atlantic Regional Office
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), a leading Black financier and executive whose success in the fields of banking and insurance between 1890 and 1920 was recognized as an achievement by Black women that influenced the development of feminism and race relations in the first part of the 1900s. Walker was the first woman to serve as president of a bank in the United States. The house was built by George W. Boyd, father of physician, Sarah Garland Boyd Jones. It is one of Richmond's best examples of the Italianate style. The historic site protects the restored and originally furnished home of Walker. This report describes the history and development of the structure, with recommendations for restoration.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Mickler, Margeret
- Date of Issue
- 1982-12
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- MAWA , NER
- Keywords
- African American History, architecture, banking, Black history, building chronology, business, Colonial Revival, economics, furnishings, Gothic Revival, Maggie Lena Walker, Maggie Walker, mortal analysis, paint analysis, Queen Anne, structural history, Virginia, Women's history
- Subjects
- NPS.gov Subject Site: Architecture & Buildings