. Historic Virginia homes and churches . ^5EEES. RICHMOND AND THE UITER JA^H^S 153 The Westniorelaiul Club was orj>anize(l at a meetingheld January 20, 1H77. It assonihkd first at its own home,707 E- Franklin Street, lormerly the residenee of (GeneralR. E. Lee, on May 1st of the same yeai-. In 187U the Clubpureliased its present home, wliieh was tlien the ])n)perty ofMr. James Lyons. Lxtensive additions and improvementshave since been made to the building and the Club, now inits 38tli year, is one of the most prosijerous and noted inthe United States. THE ARCHER HOUSE * So small a number of
. Historic Virginia homes and churches . ^5EEES. RICHMOND AND THE UITER JA^H^S 153 The Westniorelaiul Club was orj>anize(l at a meetingheld January 20, 1H77. It assonihkd first at its own home,707 E- Franklin Street, lormerly the residenee of (GeneralR. E. Lee, on May 1st of the same yeai-. In 187U the Clubpureliased its present home, wliieh was tlien the ])n)perty ofMr. James Lyons. Lxtensive additions and improvementshave since been made to the building and the Club, now inits 38tli year, is one of the most prosijerous and noted inthe United States. THE ARCHER HOUSE * So small a number of the few of Richmonds oldmansions that remain are still homes that the mere fact ofbeing the residenee of a private citizen gives a distinctionall its own. One whose air of quiet and (UgniHed homelike-ness proclaims it to be the possessor of this distinction maybe seen just a square below the Westmoreland Clul) at thecorner of Franklin and Sixth Streets. It makes a charm-ing picture and its interior is equally charming. It wasbuilt early in the
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