Tag: Pratt’s Castle (Richmond VA)

MOLLUS collection says: Pratt’s Castle, Gambler’s Hill, Richmond, residence of General Heningsen.

Vintage Richmond web site says: Built in 1854 by William Abbott Pratt, Pratt’s Castle was located at 324 South 4th Street in Gamble’s Hill. The house survived over 100 years, the Civil War, and two fires in the mid 20th century before being bought by Albemarle Paper (later Ethyl Corporation, now NewMarket). In 1958 it was torn down by Ethyl after executives scoffed at preservationists’ attempts to save the building.