Lewis F Powell Jr US Courthouse
- Also Known As: US Post Office and Customhouse
- Address: 1000 E Main St
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1858/00/00 | Ammi B Young | Architect | United States Post Office and Custom House is built to house Richmond's Federal customs house, post office, and courthouse, the original portion of the United States Post Office and Custom House is an imposing Italianate building. | |||
| 1861/07/00 | Christopher Memminger | CSA Secretary of the Treasury | Confederate States of America use the United States Post Office and Custom House as offices for President Jefferson Davis and other executive staff, including the Confederate Treasury Department. | |||
| 1861/07/00 | Jefferson F Davis | CSA President | Confederate States of America use the United States Post Office and Custom House as offices for President Jefferson Davis and other executive staff, including the Confederate Treasury Department. | |||
| 1865/04/02 | The retreating CSA soldiers set fire to bridges, the armory and warehouses with supplies. The fire spreads out of control, reaching to the very edge of Capitol Square mostly unchecked. The US Custom House will survive the fire. | Fall of Richmond 1865 | ||||
| 1865/05/00 | Chalkley Gillingham | Vocation | Gillingham is ordered to Norfolk to serve as foreman of a US Grand Jury to indict Jefferson Davis for treason as a co-conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. His vote against the death penalty is not sufficient to prevent an indictment. | |||
| 1865/05/26 | John C Breckinridge | CSA Secretary of War | The Grand Jury of the District indicts JOHN C BRECKINRIDGE for high treason. The overt act was the raid in July last within DC, killing citizens and destroying property. BKECKINRIDGE being present in person and JEFF DAVIS constructively. | Battle of Fort Stevens | ||
| 1866/05/26 | Jefferson F Davis | CSA President | On the 3rd floor, Grand Jury of the United States District Court indicts JEFF DAVIS for high treason. The overt act was the raid in July last within DC, killing citizens and destroying property. | Battle of Fort Stevens | ||
| 1867/00/00 | Jefferson F Davis | CSA President | Jefferson Davis returns to the courthouse in United States Post Office and Custom House for a hearing but is granted amnesty and never stands trial. | Battle of Fort Stevens | ||
| 1887/00/00 | Mifflin E Bell | Architect | Mifflin E Bell, the Federal supervising architect of that era, provides direction for the addition of one-bay-wide wings at the corner of the building in 1887-89. Additional expansions took place in 1910 and the early 1930s. |
| Particulars for Lewis F Powell Jr US Courthouse: | |
|---|---|
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Owner | Federal |
| Intrusive Igneous Rock | Granite |
| Criteria | Historic Event |
| Architectural Style | Italianate |
| Area of Significance | Politics-government |
| Historic Use | Post Office |
| Area of Significance | Social History |
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