Ginter House
in Richmond, United StatesCategory: Attraction
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Ginter House, 901 W Franklin St, Richmond, VA 23284, USA Print route »
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Ginter House is the historic 1892 former residence of Lewis Ginter. It is on the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) campus. It was used as Richmond's first public library from 1925 until 1930, was used as part of a school, and was the main administrative building on the Monroe Park, Virginia campus of VCU for more than 40 years.The home was built from 1888-1892 for Ginter, a cigarette magnate and philanthropist who developed an area of Richmond's north side and built the Jefferson Hotel (Richmond, Virginia). Harvey L. Page and William Winthrop Kent were brought in from Washington, D.C. to design the home. It is three and one half stories high and includes a polygonal three-story tower. It uses brownstone at its base, pecked brownstone on the first floor, patterned brick, and stone panels. The roof employed Spanish tile.
The home has a mahogany library and ironwork done by G. Krug and Sons. Ginter never married and lived in the home with his niece, Grace Arents (1848-1926). When he died on October 2, 1897 the home and his fortune were left to Arents.
