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Richmond is the home of the University of Richmond, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia Union University and the Union Theological Seminary & Presbyterian School of Christian Education.
Virginia State University is located about 20 miles south of Richmond, in the suburb of Ettrick, just outside Petersburg. Randolph-Macon College is located about 15 miles north of Richmond, in the incorporated town of Ashland.The historic district of Church Hill encompasses the original land plat of the city of Richmond. There Patrick Henry gave his " Give me liberty or give me death" speech in Saint John's Church. Chimborazo Park occupies the former site of the largest Civil War Hospital. Church Hill is notable as one of the largest extant 19th century neighborhoods in America, with many fine examples of period architecture. This area has undergone significant urban renewal in recent years.
The Museum District is located just west of the Fan district and north of Carytown. Historically, this area was a site where many Confederate Soldiers were trained during the Civil War. Some large institutions in this district are the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts , the world headquarters for the United Daughters of the Confederacy, The Science Museum of Virginia, and the Virginia Historical Society.
Jackson Ward is a historical black neighborhood that at one time was known as the "Harlem of the South. " A center for black commerce and entertainment, it was frequented by the likes of Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Lena Horne, Cab Calloway, Billie Holiday, Nat King Cole and James Brown. Jackson Ward was also home to Maggie L. Walker , the first women to charter and serve as president of a bank. The Maggie L. Walker House is now a National Historic Site. During the construction of the Eisenhower Interstate highway system in the 1950's, Jackson Ward was split in two.
In the early 2000s, a the Greater Richmond Convention Center and Visitors Bureau was built downtown Richmond, spurring development of Jackson Ward with cafes, restaurants, and the Hippodrome Theater .
Manchester is an industrial area directly south of Richmond, across the James River from the Canal Walk. It is mostly notable for its development potential. With recent commercial additions such as Overnight Transportation, Legend Brewery, refurbished industrial building loft condominiums, SunTrust Riverview Center, and the Plant Zero Cafe and Art Works Studios, it is seen as an area somewhat slummy yet trendy.
Sometimes confused with the Manchester area of Chesterfield County, Manchester has a distinguished history of its own. Originally known as Rocky Ridge, it was once a separate city on the south bank of the James River across from Richmond. Manchester was at one time commercially successful due to its agricultural mills and docks, where coal from the Midlothian area 13 miles west was transported on the Chesterfield Railway, the first in Virginia, beginning in 1831.
Even though it was consolidated with Richmond in 1910, vestiges of Manchester can be found in the Manchester Bridge, Manchester Slave Trail, and the Manchester Courthouse. [5]
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