Quality Row in Richmond's Jackson Ward neighborhood holds the Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site at 110½ E. Leigh Street. This is a U.S. National Historic Landmark and a National Historic Site: the landmark designation came in 1975, and the National Historic Site was established in 1978 to tell the story of Maggie L. Walker (1867–1934), the first woman to serve as president of a bank in the United States. The house you see was built by George W. Boyd, father of physician Sarah Garland Boyd Jones, and the site protects Walker’s restored and originally furnished home.
National Park Service rangers offer tours of the home, guiding visitors through rooms kept to reflect her life and work. The site sits north of downtown Richmond and consists of six buildings on the north side of East Leigh Street, including 110 A E. Leigh Street, 112 E. Leigh Street, 114 East Leigh Street, 600 North 2nd Street, and 602 North 2nd Street. Many of the exteriors reflect the early 20th century while interiors have been repurposed to house Park Service facilities, including a museum.
Look now at the restored home and the row of early 20th-century exteriors lining East Leigh Street.