Kent–Valentine House

Kent–Valentine House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
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Location	12 E. Franklin St., Richmond, Virginia
Coordinates	37°32′38″N 77°26′34″W / 37.54376°N 77.44273°W / 37.54376; -77.44273
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1845, 1904
Architect	Rogers, Isaiah
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.	70000882[1]
VLR No.	127-0112
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	December 18, 1970
Designated VLR	October 6, 1970[2]

The Kent–Valentine House is a historic home in Richmond, Virginia. It was built in 1845 from plans by Isaiah Rogers of Boston. It is a three-story, five-bay, stuccoed brick mansion with a two-story wing at the rear of the west side. It features a two-story, three-bay portico with Roman Ionic columns and balustrade. In 1904, the house was enlarged to its present five bay width and the interior redesigned in the Colonial Revival style.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.^[1]

The house is the headquarters of the Historic Garden Week project of the Garden Club of Virginia, which is the nation's only statewide house and garden tour that runs for a week each April across the state of Virginia. In its 84th year, the tour is of Virginia's most historic houses, as well as a sampling of other notable private residences. It is run from offices at the Kent–Valentine House on Franklin Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia.

• Horace Kent House, First & Franklin Streets, Richmond, Independent City, VA: 1 photo at Historic American Buildings Survey