Stephen Putney House - Richmond

The Stephen Putney House is located on E. Marshall Street in the Court End District of Richmond, Virginia.  Stephen Putney, a local shoe manufacturer, lived in this home from 1862 to 1894.  The Italianate row house, originally built in 1859, is noted for several architectural touches.  It has a carved entablature over the front door, and a two-story cast-iton varanda on its east side.   The ornamental ironwork was created at the local Phoenix Iron Works.  It is a rare survivor of an antebellum residential townhouse in the heart of Richmond, in what used to be an elite neighborhood.  Sitting next door is the partner to this house, owned by Putney's father, Samuel.  Both houses were saved from demolition and are used as offices by the Virginia Commonwealth University.

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