Yes I have. In fact, this Saturday I was able to get to the library for a long session of lookups in City Directories and Property Assessments and using that to dig further at home on Ancestry.com.
I was able to discover that the Wills House at 707-1/2 N 30th was built before 1820 while the land was purchased by Charles Wills in 1809. Since this part of the city called Shed Town then was part of Henrico County before being annexed, they do not have property records prior to 1820 to zero in better (anything else to search?)
It was last owned from what I can see by a Julius C. "J.C." Siewers and wife Mary A. She was willed the house in 1937 and was rented out from 1926-1961 to James A. Jones and wife Elva L. (née Campbell) Jones.
he house was demolished in 1961 to make way for a 8-unit cinderblock apartment building owned by Linhaven Court, Inc. (was that the name of the complex?). But that too was demolished in 1978 for the urban project and ranch style homes built there in 1981. The property lots were resized then so where the 707-1/2 house sat is now where 703 N 30th is. The 1/2 address designation is odd because it is not a divided house but stand alone. There was a later Victorian duplex numbered 705-707 next door and possibly when they redid the street numbering the small brick house was on shared property? I did note in one tax assessment that the duplex came with 30-parcels of land.
Also the small old house as of 1956 still used gas lighting and had outdoor plumbing. It was small, 2-stories with only 2 rooms per floor.
If anyone can add to this?
Thanks!
Eric
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Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] Urban Renewal Project of 1970s and/or House on N 30th history...
Eric
Is it safe to assume you looked at WPA inventories of significant homes etc?
On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 11:21 AM, Huffstutler, Eric S. < [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I am not sure if you can help but seeking some historical background
> concerning a redevelopment project that occurred in the 1970s here in
> Richmond, especially the North 30th Street corridor around the Church
> Hill Pump Station built in 1954.
>
> There was a house located directly across the street from it at
> address
> 707-707-1/2 N 30th (Wills House). The houses there now were built in
> 1981. The old brick house that stood on the lot was built around 1810
> and still there in 1938.
>
> I was wondering if there was any survey that states this house or a
> group of them being demolished between 1938 and the Redevelopment
> Program post 1974? Possibly it was destroyed when the station was
> erected or not long afterwards?
>
> Any help or guidance would be appreciated as I am working on this
> family's history and the house is significant.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Eric
>
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