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Historical Highway MarkersRichmond HillSA-114
Richmond Hill was an early name for Church Hill. Richard Adams, one of the most prominent men in Richmond, built a house on this site by the 1790s, and a second house, still standing, was constructed here about 1810. William Taylor remodeled this residence in the Italianate style in 1859, adding the second story and porches. In 1866, the Order of the Sisters of the Visitation of Holy Mary established a monastery and school here, and they erected a chapel in 1894-95. The monastery, known as Monte Maria, was purchased in 1987 by an ecumenical Christian community, which named the property Richmond Hill and opened it as a retreat center and place of prayer for the city.
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References/Bibliographic Citation: Mary Wingfield Scott, Houses of Old Richmond, 12-15. Mary Wingfield Scott, Old Richmond Neighborhoods, 30-31, 47, 49. National Register of Historic Places nomination form, St. John’s Church Historic District amendment, 1991. John G. Zehmer, The Church Hill Old & Historic Districts Sentinel on the Hill: Monte Maria and One Hundred Years (1966). Alexandria Gazette, 11 June 1895. Richmond Dispatch, 22 Aug. 1866, 11 Jan. 1867. www.richmondhillva.org |