Bowser Library; Dill House
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The Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Central Virginia
1830, 1918. 1991, renovations, Fry and Welch. 00 E. Clay St.
German immigrant Adolf Dill built this neoclassical structure as a suburban villa. When African Americans moved into this portion of Jackson Ward in the early twentieth century, it was adapted to become an African American women's club and circulating library. Most recently it has been transformed into a museum.
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