St. Paul’s Church
Situated here at Ninth and Grace is St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. General Robert E. Lee worshipped here whenever he was in Richmond during the War Between the States, as did President Jefferson Davis regularly. Up an aisle to this church on Sunday, April 2, 1865, strode a messenger to President Davis’ pew. Davis quietly left the church. The message told him that Petersburg had fallen, that Richmond must be evacuated. The church is filled with memorials of many kinds, and is referred to by some as “The Westminster of Richmond.” ¶ Proceed westward on Grace to Seventh Street.
St. Paul’s Church
Grace Street, for several blocks west, is one of Richmond’s newest downtown retail shopping centers. Once a residential section, it now takes its place with Broad Street (one block to the right) as a major business thoroughfare. ¶ Turn right on Seventh three blocks to Clay. Turn left on Clay to Sixth.