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The Exchange Hotel, completed in 1841 in Richmond, Virginia was a Gothic revival four-story building designed by Isaiah Rogers. It was very popular before the Civil War. The Ballard House opened up across the street in 1855. This five-story Italianate faced onto Franklin Street at the corner of Fourteenth Street. [1]
Information about the Ballard House Hotel in Richmond, VA during the Civil War. The Ballard House was located on the northeast side of the corner of 14th and Franklin streets and was connected to the Exchange Hotel by a footbridge which ran across Franklin street.
The Exchange Hotel was built in 1841 by John P. Ballard (1816?-1878). The architect was Isaiah Rogers of Boston and New York City, who designed the building in the Classic style. Ballard built the more modern four-story Ballard House in 1855-1856, connecting the two structures first with a steel bridge and then with a brick bridge that crossed ...
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Ballard House Hotel. A glass-plate photograph shows the Ballard House Hotel at Fourteenth and Franklin streets in Richmond. The four-story hotel built in 1855–1856 was distinctive for the second-story bridge that connected it to the Exchange Hotel across the street.
A glass-plate photograph shows the Ballard House Hotel at Fourteenth and Franklin streets in Richmond. The four-story hotel built in 1855-1856 was distinctive for the second-story bridge that connected it to the Exchange Hotel across the street. Both hotels were owned by John P. Ballard.
