Linden Row is a set of seven historic rowhouses located in Richmond, Virginia. They were built in 1847 and 1853, and are three-story,

Greek Revival The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but a ...

style brick veneer townhouses on high basements and topped by a simple white cornice of wood. Each house has an identical Grecian

Doric order The Doric order was one of the three orders of ancient Greek and later Roman architecture; the other two canonical orders were the Ionic and the Corinthian. The Doric is most easily recognized by the simple circular capitals at the top of c ...

entrance porch supported by two fluted Doric columns. A three-story porch runs the entire length of the back of the houses. Linden Row includes a house owned by noted author

Mary Johnston Mary Johnston (November 21, 1870 – May 9, 1936) was an American novelist and women's rights advocate from Virginia. She was one of America's best selling authors during her writing career and had three silent films adapted from her novels. Jo ...

, who died there in 1936. an
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in 1971.

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Linden Row, 100-118 East Franklin Street, Richmond, Independent City, VA
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Historic American Buildings Survey in Virginia Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Greek Revival houses in Virginia Houses completed in 1853 Houses in Richmond, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Richmond, Virginia Houses completed in 1847 1847 establishments in Virginia {{RichmondCityVA-NRHP-stub