Powers-Taylor Building

Historical marker location:

13 S 13th St, Richmond, Virginia

( Marker is at the intersection of South 13th Street and Exchange Alley, on the left when traveling south on South 13th Street.)

13 South 13th Street.

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.