Richmond Past: Forest Hill Land Company

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This is from the Times Dispatch June 17, 1906. In the same paper there is not so good news about the real estate market but Forest Hill is doing well. The full article used language that puts current newspapers (and this blog) to shame. “Some private sales were made here and there, but they were very private, and the parties to the same, including the real estate agents who engineered them, are as reticent as if they were carved out of Egyptian rock to play the part of the sphinx.”  A tad more descriptive than “the real estate agents had no comment”.

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If you enjoyed the information above you are a prime candidate to help a group of neighbors who are working to make Forest Hill neighborhood declared historic. Historic Forest Hill Neighborhood is currently looking for folks to help with research, including the above mentioned Forest Hill Park Land Company. The process to be declared historic is lengthy and will take a lot of work so any help is appreciated. Thanks goes out to Carolyn Paulette who pointed out these articles to me.

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