Shockoe Bottom

Shockoe Bottom is a historic commercial, transportation and manufacturing center, now a lively entertainment and residential district.

The Edgar Allan Poe Museum in Shockoe Bottom contains memorabilia of Poe, who spent part of his life in Richmond.

17th Street Farmers’ Market: Local farmers have come to sell their produce here since the 1700s. From March through mid-December, shop the Thursday Growers’ Market, Saturday Mucho Market and Sunday Shockoe Flea Market.

Main Street Station, one of downtown Richmond’s most visible landmarks, the French Renaissance-style station, which originally opened in 1901.

A years-long effort on three continents culminated in the March 31, 2007, unveiling of the Richmond Slavery Reconciliation Statue, not far from Richmond’s former slave market in Shockoe Bottom.

Virginia Holocaust Museum: The story of the Holocaust and its victims; located in a renovated 1899 brick tobacco factory.

Tour the Canal Walk, a 1.25-mile walk noting the people and events associated with the history of downtown Richmond.

A metal reproduction of the box in which Henry ‘Box’ Brown escaped Richmond can be viewed along Richmond’s Canal Walk.

Tour Shockoe Slip and its cobblestone streets, shops, restaurants and galleries.