Articles from the Richmond Times Dispatch
Index of selected articles from the Richmond Times Dispatch during the Civil War.

1910-12-11, Richmond Times-Dispatch; Sally Tompkins will unveil plaque at the site of Robertson Hospital. This is the third plaque put up in Richmond, after the Maury House and the Tredegar Iron Works
1910-12-14, Richmond Times-Dispatch; Sally L. Tompkins unveils tablet on the site of Robertson Hospital – very little description given
1910-12-21, Richmond Times-Dispatch; Principal of Bellevue School (the former hospital?) appears before finance Committee to advocate for the purchase of the Van Lew property for a new school building
1911-01-07, Richmond Times-Dispatch; Church Hill citizens advocate for the purchase of the Van Lew property so that a new school can be built to ease overcrowding in Bellevue and Madison schools
1911-01-08, Richmond Times-Dispatch; man injured at Tredegar “by a piece of flying steel”
1911-04-22, Richmond Times-Dispatch; City School Board may buy the Van Lew mansion for $25,000 to replace it with “a modern school building”
1911-04-27, Richmond Times-Dispatch; School Board indicates “its purpose of acquiring the Van Lew property…the option price being $25,000”
1911-06-02, Richmond Times-Dispatch; City playgrounds, including the new one at the Van Lew property, to open June 16. Summer band concerts to open at Chimborazo Park
1911-07-08, Richmond Times-Dispatch; School Board asks permission to condemn the Van Lew property, the price not to exceed $25,000
1911-07-17, Richmond Times-Dispatch; details on the new schools to be built – Van Lew property has been condemned to clear title, and the city will buy it for $25,000 to erect the new Bellevue School

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