Monument Avenue Memories:: Growing Up on Richmond's Grand Avenue

by Patricia Cecil Hass (Editor)

Overview

Originally a tribute to Robert E. Lee, Richmond's Monument Avenue grew to its zenith in the early twentieth century as a place of wealth and privilege. Richmond native and child of Monument Avenue Patricia Hass has collected the loving memories of those who shared a childhood among the River City's elite. These pages are filled with recollections of warm afternoons playing in the shadows of the monuments and visits to neighborhood institutions such as Reuben's Deli and the Capitol Theatre. While the children played, their families entertained famous houseguests such as David Niven, Lord and Lady Astor and Winston Churchill. Enter each historic home along the avenue and travel back to a time now lost to memory.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781626190467
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	04/09/2013
Pages:	112
Sales rank:	1,098,908
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Patricia Hass spent her childhood on Richmond's famed Monument Avenue. She is an Editor-At-Large with Alfred A. Knopf. She has edited titles by a Supreme Court Justice, a President and many others throughout her illustrious career. She makes her home in Washington, DC.

Table of Contents

Foreword Margaret Page Bemiss 5

FitzGerald Bemiss 17

William Maury Hill 21

Archer Christian Burke 27

Hobson Goddin 37

Louise Brander Bunnell Nemecek 41

Anne Willson Harrison 47

John Howe Cecil Jr. 51

Patricia Cary Cecil Hass 57

Jane Abert Cecil 65

Gertrude Skelton Bryan 73

Roberta Bryan Bocock 83

Henry Harrison Wilson Jr. 97

Epilogue W. Coleman Wortham III 99

Appendix 103

Notes on Sources 111

About the Editor 112