Church Hill
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Church Hill is a historic district of Richmond, Virginia. This district encompasses the original land plot of the city of Richmond. It is known as the site where Patrick Henry gave his Give me liberty or give me death speech in Saint John's Church, Richmond, Virginia, and for Chimborazo Park, where the largest Civil War Hospital was located. Douglas Wilder, the first African American to have been elected governor of a U.S. state1</sup>, was born and raised in Church Hill.
On Monday, October 5, 1925, a 4,000-foot Chesapeake and Ohio railroad single track tunnel built during Reconstruction collapsed under Church Hill. The collapse occurred during refurbishment works, killing 3 or 4 and engulfing a work train in complete with a 4-4-0 engine #231 and 10 flat cars. The tunnel was closed and filled-in after the collapse.
Church Hill is also a City in Maryland.
External links
- historicrichmond.com info about Church Hill (http://www.historicrichmond.com/stjohns.html)
- St. John's Episcopal Church (http://www.historicstjohnschurch.org/)
- Richmond City Watch: Church Hill (http://www.richmondcitywatch.com/urban_church_hill.php)
- Richmond city 'Neighborhoods in Bloom' Map (http://www.ci.richmond.va.us/citizen/neighborhoods/cmxxs_nechill.asp)
- Alliance to Conserve Old Richmond Neighborhoods (ACORN): Neighborhood Maps (http://www.richmondneighborhoods.org/maps1.html)
- Church Hill Association (http://www.churchhillrichmond.com)
- Church Hill People's News (http://www.chpn.net)