Information & Sources:
This slide show was developed by Kelly Spradley-Kurowski,
an historian in the register and highway marker programs, Department of
Historic Resources. Special thanks to VCU's Ray Bonis, Special
Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library. All
ESL-related photos and documents featured in this slideshow are
courtesy of Special Collections and Archives, VCU Libraries. Recent
photographs of the Crenshaw House exterior and interior were shot by
DHR's Kristin Kirchen, an architectural historian in the Capital
Regional Preservation Office.
To learn more about the Crenshaw House and the ESL, read this
nomination form that earned it listing in the Virginia Landmarks
Register and the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. Also
go to this
webpage for nominations for the West Franklin Street Historic
District, where the Crenshaw House is located.
To learn more about the League of Women Voters, visit the
national organization's
website
or the website of the LWV's
Virginia chapter.
Slideshow © 2011, Department of Historic Resources
and Commonwealth of Virginia.
Edited, sequenced, designed, and produced for the web by Randy Jones, DHR.
All photos are courtesy of Virginia Commonwealth University and DHR unless otherwise noted.
This is an online feature of
Notes on Virginia, an annual publication of DHR. For
inquiries about contributing to
Notes on Virginia, please contact
Randy Jones.