Downtown
Shockoe Slip Fountain circa 1972
Interesting look from not that long ago at an iconic fountain in the Slip.
In February 1972, neglect was noticeable at a fountain in Richmond’s Shockoe Slip and the surrounding buildings. But the architectural firm of Glave Newman Anderson and local businessmen were looking to revive the 60-acre area, which at the time had a 30 percent vacancy rate and very few retailers. The marble horse fountain, donated by an anonymous Baltimore woman in 1909 in memory of a Confederate cavalry captain buried in Hollywood Cemetery, still sits in front of The Martin Agency. The inscription: “In Memory of One Who Loved Animals.”
The picture and text above come from RTD’s excellent photo archives and yesterday they released a set of 150 photos from the 1970s.
