About this image...

Image Title: Tuckahoe, Nehemiah Addison Baker House, 12601 River Road, Richmond, Virginia. View From Thomas Jefferson's Schoolhouse To Boxwood Maze, 1936

Creator: Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer

Date: 1936 April

Notes: Site History. House Architecture: H-plan, Georgian, white, wood framed house first built by Thomas Randolph, from circa 1720, with additions by William Randolph III, circa 1740. Other: House acquired by Nehemiah Addison and Isabelle Baker in 1935. Today: Preserved National Historic Landmark open to the public by appointment, boxwood maze no longer extant.|The cover glass label has a note in Frances Benjamin Johnston's hand: "Bronx [Parkway Commission]. 'After' Picture, Wakefield swamp." The cover glass was originally with an image of Wakefield, then reused for this image of Tuckahoe.

Subjects: Gardens--Virginia--Richmond--1930-1940
Mazes--Virginia--Richmond--1930-1940
Shrubs--Virginia--Richmond--1930-1940

Original Media: Photograph

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