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City presents plan, funding and timelines for Shockoe heritage campus including Lumpkin’s Jail pavilion
Summary
City staff presented an updated plan and funding overview for the Shockoe heritage campus, including Lumpkin’s Jail pavilion, exhibit hall, Anne Carroll’s Landing and Slave Trail improvements, and burial-ground commemoration.
City staff presented an updated plan and funding overview for the Shockoe (heritage) campus, a multi-element program that includes a Lumpkin’s Jail pavilion, Anne Carroll’s Landing and Slave Trail improvements, relocation and restoration of the Emily Winfrey cottage, the Shockoe Institute exhibit hall, a Shockoe Hill African Burial Ground commemorative space, and a proposed National Slavery Museum.
Presenter Ms. Ebert said the Shockoe Institute — a nonprofit partner that received Mellon Foundation grant support — is contracting exhibit design and that the city has engaged Baskerville as lead designer for a 12,000-square-foot exhibit hall. Ebert said the Baskerville contract to design the exhibit hall is approximately $986,948 and that Team Henry has a…
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