3215 E. Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23223
3215 E. Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23223
Phone Number: 8042261981 Voice
Email Address: andrea_dekoter@nps.gov
Description:
The center of Confederate manufacturing fueled a modern war, one of the South’s largest hospitals gave care to the sick and wounded, and armies battled on open fields and in miles of defensive earthworks. From 1861 to 1865, Richmond’s fate would determine America’s future.
park designation:National Battlefield Park
Richmond National Battlefield Park has three separate visitor centers. Please navigate to the "visitor centers" section to select an individual visitor center and find directions to its location.
For detailed directions, please visit this link.
Directions
Visitor contact station with trails, earthworks, and information about the 1862 Battle of Gaines' Mill and the 1864 Battle of Cold Harbor.
Visitor center focusing on Civil War medical practices. Exhibits and 17 minute orientation film. Located at 3215 E. Broad Street, Richmond VA 23223
A centrally located visitor contact station in downtown Richmond with guidance for visiting the battlefields and visitor centers of Richmond National Battlefield Park.
Park grounds are open sunrise to sunset, year round. See "Visitor Centers" information for facility hours and holiday closures for park visitor centers.
Summer, hot and humid. Fall and Spring, mild. Winter, cold with occasional ice and snow.