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Ballard built the more modern four-story Ballard House in 1855-1856, connecting the two structures first with a steel bridge and then with a brick bridge that crossed Franklin Street at the second floor level.
Information about the Ballard House Hotel in Richmond, VA during the Civil War. The Ballard House was located on the northeast side of the corner of 14th and Franklin streets and was connected to the Exchange Hotel by a footbridge which ran across Franklin street.
A glass-plate photograph shows the Ballard House Hotel at Fourteenth and Franklin streets in Richmond. The four-story hotel built in 1855-1856 was distinctive for the second-story bridge that connected it to the Exchange Hotel across the street. Both hotels were owned by John P. Ballard.
The Exchange Hotel, completed in 1841 in Richmond, Virginia was a Gothic revival four-story building designed by Isaiah Rogers. It was very popular before the Civil War. The Ballard House opened up across the street in 1855. This five-story Italianate faced onto Franklin Street at the corner of Fourteenth Street. [1]
Information about the Ballard House Hotel in Richmond, VA during the Civil War. located on the northeast side of the corner of 14th and Franklin streets, the Ballard House was connected to the Exchange Hotel by a footbridge which ran across Franklin street.
Images of the Ballard House. In the Alexander Gardner Catalog: 921 Ballard’s Hotel, Richmond, April 14, 1865. John Reekie. Details. Published: 05 March 2015. Civil War Richmond is an online research project by Mike Gorman about Richmond, Virginia, during the Civil War.
The Ballard House was located on the northeast side of the corner of 14th and Franklin streets and was connected to the Exchange Hotel by a footbridge which ran across Franklin street.
