Crenshaw House, also known as Younger House and Clay House, is a historic home located in

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. It was built in 1891, and is a three-story,

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style brick

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. The house was altered by the architectural firm of Noland and Baskervill in 1904. It features a flat roof decorated with a Doric entablature and copper cresting, a full height three-sided bay window, and an entry porch supported by paired

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columns. At two meetings in November 1909, a group of women met at the home to form what would become the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia (ESL). an
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in 2010. It is located in the

West Franklin Street Historic District The West Franklin Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Richmond, Virginia. It is located along the northern boundary of the Fan district. The district encompasses 71 contributing buildings built between about 1870 ...

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