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unusual facts about Monument Avenue


Historic Richmond Foundation

In addition, it has championed the preservation of numerous Richmond neighborhoods including Union Hill, the Fan District, Springhill, Oregon Hill, Monument Avenue and Windsor Farms.


Frederick William Sievers

He further produced monuments to specific Confederate leaders, General Tilghman at Vicksburg, Mississippi and General Stonewall Jackson and Matthew Fontaine Maury, both on Monument Avenue in Richmond.

Paul DiPasquale

After the installation, the Art and Architecture critic for the Washington Post wrote of DiPasquale's work,“ placing this statue of Arthur Ashe on Monument Avenue was one of the most important things to happen in Virginia in the entire 20th century.”


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Isaac Pollack House

It is one of approximately one hundred National Register-listed locations citywide and one of four on Monument Avenue, along with the old YMCA, the Engineers Club of Dayton, and the now-destroyed Hanitch-Huffman House.