Branch Public Baths

Historical marker location:

1801 E Broad St, Richmond, Virginia

( Marker is on East Broad Street (U.S. 250) near North 18th Street, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2005

In 1619, the Virginia House of Burgesses became the first representative assembly in the Americas. It was the beginning of a tradition of representative government that would later influence the creation of the United States government.