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Historian urges Richmond council to act on decades-long decay at Westham Train Station
3005672 · April 14, 2025
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A local historian told the council the 1911 Westham Train Station is being lost to 'demolition by neglect' and said he has started a GoFundMe to stabilize the roof.
Local author and historian Seldon Richardson told the Richmond City Council on April 14 that the former Westham Train Station on Robin Hood Road, built in 1911, has been neglected for more than two decades and urged city leaders to intervene before the building is lost.
Richardson said the property is deteriorating and described the pattern as "demolition by neglect," a process in which an owner allows a…
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