Jackson Ward – Area 10

Jackson Ward Real Estate Sales Trends

Jackson Ward is an historic neighborhood that at one time was known as the “Harlem of the South. ” A center for historically african-american commerce and entertainment, it was frequented by the likes of Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, Lena Horne, Cab Calloway, Billie Holiday, Nat King Cole and James Brown. Jackson Ward was also home to Maggie L. Walker, the first woman to charter and serve as president of an American bank. The Maggie L. Walker House is now a U.S. National Historic Site. Jackson Ward is home to the Hippodrome Theater which was re-developed in 2011 by Ron Stallings of Walker Row Partnership. During the construction of the Eisenhower Interstate highway system in the 1950s Jackson Ward was split in two, much to the detriment of the neighborhood. In the early 2000′s, the Greater Richmond Convention Center and Visitors Bureau was built at the eastern edge of Jackson Ward.