Morson's Row, also known as James Morson's Row, is a set of three historic rowhouses located in

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. They were built in 1853, and are three-story, three bay brick structures with flat roofs. They feature

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style heavy bracketed cornices, arched door enframements, and elaborately molded consoled lintel over the windows. The distinctive feature of the row is the off-center, two-bay bow on each house. an
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in 1969. In 2022 Morson’s Row was renamed Reid’s Row, honoring the first African American Virginia lawmaker elected in the 20th century, William Ferguson Reid.

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