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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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1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 17.5 x 8.5 cm (stereograph format) | Photograph shows the Exchange Hotel on the right joined by a bridge over Franklin Street to the more modern Ballard House in Richmond, Virginia.
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.
Richmond, Virginia. Ballard house on Franklin Street Created / Published 1865 Apr. Subject Headings - United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Apr 29, 2020 · This image is available from the New York Public Library's Digital Library under the digital ID 510d47d9-7d83-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99: digitalgallery.nypl.org → digitalcollections.nypl.org
Images of the Ballard House. In the Alexander Gardner Catalog: 921 Ballard’s Hotel, Richmond, April 14, 1865. John Reekie. Details. Published: 05 March 2015. Civil War Richmond is an online research project by Mike Gorman about Richmond, Virginia, during the Civil War.
Image Description A second-story bridge connects the 1841 Exchange Hotel (at right) on Franklin Street in Richmond to the newer Ballard House, which was constructed in 1855-1856.
