Taylor’s Hill Park
Taylor’s Hill Park is a little known park on the western edge of Church Hill. The park was named for William Taylor who enlarged the Palmer house which is still standing inside the walls of Richmond Hill. The park encompasses the hill behind Richmond Hill on East Franklin Street between N. 23rd Street and N. 21st Street and circles all the way around and up N. 21st Street behind ChildSavers, in the former WRVA radio station building designed by Philip Johnson and built in 1968.
The main section of the park has a diagonal sidewalk in need of maintenance and a wonderful set of steps to help pedestrians going to and from Shockoe Bottom to the Church Hill neighborhood. There is a fabulous view of the city at the Grace Street Overlook. The overlook has a small garden with an informational park sign. The sign includes a copy of the Mathew Brady photograph taken at the end of the Civil War (c. 1865) with a fabulous view of downtown including the Virginia State Capitol and Shockoe Bottom.
Source:
Friends of Taylor’s Hill Park. (2019, July 19). Retrieved August 21, 2020, from https://enrichmond.org/partners/friends-of-taylors-hill-park/
Visit Taylor’s Hill Park:
Address: 2117 E Franklin St, Richmond, VA 23223
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