The River District

The River District. Click on the map to see it a little bit larger. The Linden Row Inn is across the street from the Richmond Public Library and marked with the red X.

We're hoping that many of you out-of-town guests will get a chance to walk around the city while you're in Richmond. To give you a little bit of an idea what you can do and see if you so choose, I'm hoping to have time to make more posts like this one. But, based on the hectic schedule we have between now and the wedding (no free weekends!), we'll see how far I get. At least I know I'll finish this one!

The James River borders the south of downtown Richmond. The River District is a fun and social area in downtown Richmond that follows along the James (colored in a darker orange in the map above). There you can find lots of choices for dining, nightlife, and shopping, and you can also find lots of fun attractions to see.

If you're up for a walk, then think about the Canal Walk. It starts over near the Virginia War Memorial, National Battlefield Park Civil War Visitor Center, and American Civil War Center, it follows Brown's Island, and then it ends down near the 17th Street Farmer's Market, the Edgar Allan Poe Museum, and the Virginia Holocaust Museum.

If you make it a little further, you could visit the historic St. John's Church. The River District web site says, "St. John’s Church is the only surviving Colonial structure in the historic district. Though a National Historic Landmark, it remains an active Episcopal church. Richmond’s first church, it was built in 1741. William Byrd II donated the land and timber. The church gained historic immortality on March 23rd 1775 as the site of Patrick Henry’s “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” speech at Virginia’s second revolutionary convention. In attendance were George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Richard Henry Lee and other dignitaries. The graveyard, Richmond’s first, is the resting place of noteworthy Virginians including: George Wythe, signer of the Declaration of Independence, Chief Justice John Marshall, Elizabeth Arnold Poe, mother of Edgar Allan Poe and three Virginia governors. Guided tours are available at the visitor’s center behind the church."

I hope this little post helps get you thinking about your weekend in Richmond! We're just about six weeks away!