Built 1845, 1904 VLR # 127-0112 Opened 1845 Phone +1 804-643-4137 Architect Isaiah Rogers | NRHP Reference # 70000882 Designated VLR October 6, 1970 Area 8,000 m² Added to NRHP 18 December 1970 | |
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Location 12 E. Franklin St., Richmond, Virginia Address 12 E Franklin St, Richmond, VA 23219, USA Architectural style Colonial Revival architecture Similar Agecroft Hall, Branch House, Virginia Holocaust Museum, Monroe Park, Maggie L Walker National | ||
Kent-Valentine House is a historic home in Richmond, Virginia. It was built in 1845 from plans by Isaiah Rogers of Boston. It is a three-story, five bay, stuccoed brick mansion with a two-story wing at the rear of the west side. It features a two-story, three-bay portico with Roman Ionic columns and balustrade. In 1904, the house was enlarged to its present five bay width and the interior redesigned in the Colonial Revival style.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.
The house is the headquarters of the Historic Garden Week project of the Garden Club of Virginia, which is a massive house tour that runs for a week each April across the state of Virginia. In its 77th year, the tour is of Virginia's most historic houses, as well as a sampling of other notable private residences. It is run from offices at the Kent-Valentine House on Franklin Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia.