Jackson Ward

Jackson Ward is one of Richmond’s most historic neighborhoods. Bill “Bojangles” Robinson danced there, Duke Ellington played there, and it was once called “The Wall Street of Black America.“

A bronze bust of civil rights pioneer Oliver W. Hill is located in Jackson Ward.

Take a video tour the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia in the historic Jackson Ward district.

Tour Abner Clay Park in Richmond’s historic Jackson Ward.

Maggie L. Walker House: Historic Jackson Ward home of the first woman bank president in the U.S., offers exhibits and programs.

The Tucker Cottage, built about 1798, is believed to be the oldest remaining structure in Jackson Ward.

Tour Shockoe Hill Cemetery, on the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places.

On a breezy hilltop at Fourth and Hospital streets in Richmond are rows of whitewashed tombs and monuments in historic Hebrew Cemetery.

We often hear about Richmond’s many historical “firsts,“ but one not so well known, St. Joseph’s Bell Memorial Park, sits quietly in Jackson Ward.