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1113 West Moore Street
The Moore Street School, 1113 W. Moore St., opened in 1887 as a public school for African-American students. In 1914, the community expanded the building to accommodate the growing school population. Enrollment grew from 947 students in 1887 to 1,390 in 1921. A second addition was constructed in 1949. When this new building, facing Leigh Street, was opened in 1949, the school was renamed for George Washington Carver. Another addition was made in 1990 and the school continues to serve the community. It also is believed that the Carver community took its name from the naming of the school.
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1408 West Leigh Street
The oldest continuing church congregation in the Carver community is Moore Street Baptist Church. Members of Second Baptist Church organized the church in March 1875 as Moore Street Missionary Baptist Church. In 1909, they built the current Gothic Revival building at 1408 W. Leigh St.
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807 Norton Street
A curious early survivor in Carver is the house at 807 Norton St. Located in the block between Clay and Catherine streets, the house is oriented toward Clay Street rather than facing Norton Street like its neighbors. It is a two-story, three-bay brick house set on a raised basement with a low-pitched gable roof. The third bay to the east is of frame construction and to the north is a two-story brick addition with a shed roof that slopes into the gable roof. The origins of this dwelling are unknown. But an undated manuscript, written by a member of Dabney Carr’s family, entitled “The Garden,” refers to a brick house at the northwest corner of the Elba garden that was home to Sam Poser and Sam Smith. Smith was “the boss of the place and had charge of the fruit trees, the vine yard, the berries and vegetables.” The location of 807 Norton St. is near what would have been the northwest corner of the Elba garden and it appears to date from the early 19th century.
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808 West Clay Street
The Hardin Davis House, built in 1842 at 808 W. Clay St., is typical of the antebellum brick houses found in Carver. It is a two-story, two-bay brick dwelling with an entry portico, a molded brick cornice and a low gable roof. Like several of its contemporaries, the Davis House has an irregular Flemish bond brick pattern – random numbers of rows of stretcher bond brickwork separates rows of Flemish bond.
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1106-14 West Clay Street
This delightful row of cottages at 1106-14 W. Clay St. is unique in the Richmond area. Built in the Classical Revival style circa 1910, this one-story, three-bay dwelling has a pressed-brick facade with expressed quoining, water table and frieze. The windows have tooled granite jack arches with projecting keystones and granite sills.
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706-08 East Clay Street
The Greek Revival Jesse Franklin House at 706-08 E. Clay St. was built in 1843 and is a two-and-a-half-story, two-bay, brick double house. The two-bay, hip-roofed porch is set on brick piers and has turned posts, brackets and a modern picket balustrade. The door has a transom and sidelights. The gable-roofed building has a box cornice. There are stepped parapets on the sides and a central shared chimney. This type of house, built close to the street with a small entry porch, was typical of antebellum double houses in the city.
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916-18 West Clay Street
This late-Victorian double house at 916-18 W. Clay St. was constructed around 1880. The gable is in-filled with terra cotta and there is a decorative terra-cotta band at the cornice. The openings have shouldered terra-cotta lintels with a unique decoration of faces on the keystones and a floral motif on the shoulder. The metal cornice has heavy metal brackets with decorative panels and urns, and cresting on top. The amount of detail lavished on this double house is unusual for Carver, and is more reminiscent of high-style dwellings along Franklin Street.
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1200 West Clay Street
By 1868, Edward J. Euker was the proprietor of Buchanan’s Spring, which stood on this site and was a recreation destination for Richmonders escaping the heat of what was then downtown. The area was a lush oasis around which people congregated in an outdoor beer garden. The spring was a source of water for the nearby Eagle Brewery (1200 block of West Clay Street), which became the Home Brewing Company — maker of Richbrau beer — in 1897. This portion of the brewery was built in 1891.
1400 W. Marshall St. (Eagle Hill Apartments) is typical of multi-story commercial buildings that arose on the edges of Carver circa 1910-20. This nicely detailed building is undergoing conversion to apartments and will be a valuable component in the renovation of the western end of the Carver neighborhood.
Bethany Baptist Church, located at 900 Catherine St., was built as Mt. Hermon Baptist Church circa 1934 in a Gothic style. This one-story, three-bay, brick church has a front-gabled roof, a corbelled cornice and narrow pointed-arch openings. The door is set flush with the facade, and the brickwork is a random bond pattern. The little church is an important part of the Carver streetscape and community.
604 Hancock St., built circa 1890, is typical of frame homes in Carver. This area of Hancock Street has become a pocket of renovation and restoration and demonstrates the sturdiness of houses from the period.
The Rueben T. Hill House at 1401 W. Leigh St. is a Queen Anne-style home built circa 1900. Built for a community leader of the day, the Hill House is among the most elaborate of high-style dwellings in Carver. There are ornate terra-cotta panels between the first and second stories of the turret. There is a rusticated block retaining wall on the east side along Kinney Street.
This home at 1112 W. Marshall St., one of six Queen Anne row houses, is typical of the style found in the Fan District and form an unusual block on West Marshall Street. Constructed around 1890, these row houses have a shed roof with no supports at the entry. There is a two-story, three-sided projecting bay with corbelled brick panels below the windows and corbelled brick below the sheet-metal cornice. An interesting feature is a brick retaining wall that encloses a one-story deep light well.
1128 W. Marshall St. is one of several Italianate two-story, three-bay, brick double houses that have hip-roofed porches with turned posts, sawn balustrade, a spindle frieze and elongated curved brackets that form an arch. There are heavy brackets at building line and corners. There are floor-to-ceiling windows on the first story, and the chimneys are shared. Most of these homes have been lovingly restored and now form a coherent block of dwellings along this mixed-use area of West Marshall Street.
Built around 1870 in the Italianate style, these homes at 803-05 W. Clay St. have some of the very fine ironwork and elaborate cast-iron posts, balustrade and frieze that are often seen in Jackson Ward, just a few blocks to the east of Carver. The box cornice has modillions, dentils and a decorative-paneled frieze. The windows have wooden flat arches and sills, and there is an arched transom above the entry door. These buildings are undergoing renovation and will soon be returned to their original magnificence.
The Harry M. Evans House at 729 Catherine St. was built around 1860 and was once half of a double house. The gable-roofed dwelling has a centered entrance with an arched transom. The flanking windows have segmental arched heads. The upper story and the porch have been altered and this unique survivor awaits suitable reuse. The Catherine Street area has become a center of suitable and sensitive infill by new homes.
1208 W. Marshall St. is a perfect example of the Art Deco style, circa 1915. This sturdy and stylish building with its strong pilasters and interesting detail is typical of the decoration and care put into even commercial buildings of the day.
The Biggs Antique Company building was originally constructed in 1924 at 900 W. Marshall St. for the Baughman Stationery Company. This Classical Revival manufacturing facility has a two-story, three-bay by seven-bay office block at the eastern end and a one-story, seven-bay factory wing to the west. Biggs Antique Company was known as one of the largest users of solid mahogany and had a distinguished reputation as the manufacturer and importer of fine colonial reproduction furniture. The building has been renovated as the Historical Biggs Apartments.
This late-Victorian double house at 705-07 W. Clay St. was built around 1900. It has a pressed-brick facade and bracketed-box cornice with dentils, and the porch cornice has brackets and dentils. The building has sawn decorative vents in the frieze. Reflecting the high-style seen in nearby Jackson Ward, this building will be an important part of the gateway to Carver when renovation is completed.
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