Richmond, Virginia has historic tourist attractions such as Shockoe Slip and Shockoe Bottom, cultural museums, theaters, and landmarks like giant milk bottles. The Byrd Theater, Edgar Allen Poe Museum, and Shockoe Slip and Bottom are popular attractions.
It’s no surprise that Richmond, Virginia, a city steeped in American history, has many historic tourist attractions. The Shockoe Slip and Shockoe Bottom areas date back to the early 1800’s and slave trade and are now tourist attractions in Richmond. There are also cultural museums and theater types of tourist attractions in Richmond, as well as interesting landmarks like giant milk bottles.
Richmond’s giant milk bottles can be found at the corner of Marshall and Adams in downtown, where Old Curles’ Neck Dairy once stood. The dairy was destroyed except for the bottles and in the mid-1980s the building provided studio space for artists. The three sections of the building in the shape of a milk bottle have windows and are now part of the Richmond Dairy Apartments.
If you’re into movies and great old theaters, the Byrd Theater is probably one of the Richmond tourist attractions you’ll enjoy. The Byrd Theater is also called “Richmond’s Movie Palace” and dates back to 1928. It was the first movie theater in Virginia to have a sound system and in 2007 the sound system was upgraded to DolDigital. What really makes the Byrd Theater a sight to behold is its design as it was designed with luxury in mind. The Byrd Theater, which became a National Historic Landmark in 1978, features imported marble, fountains, a central vacuum cleaner, and crystal chandeliers.
Edgar Allen Poe resided and wrote in Richmond in the 19th century, and the Edgar Allen Poe Museum is one of the tourist attractions in Richmond that those familiar with his works would likely appreciate. The Museum has a collection of Poe’s first editions, manuscripts, personal items and other memorabilia. The Enchanted Garden is an open-air feature of the Edgar Allen Poe Museum, and the garden was inspired by Poe’s poem “To One in Paradise,” in which he mentions “a fountain and shrine all wrapped in fruit and flowers.”
Shockoe Slip and Shockoe Bottom are areas considered tourist attractions in Richmond, although many of the older buildings have been converted into popular restaurants and nightclubs, as well as homes and offices. Warehouses and industrial buildings were originally used for manufacturing and industry, including tobacco production. The remaining Shockoe Slip Fountain dates from 1909 and was used as a watering hole for horses. Today it serves the horses of the Richmond Mounted Police. Shockoe Bottom was known as a major slave trading center in the early and mid 1800s, and many Africans were buried here.
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