White House historian William Seale will give a lecture next week at the University of Richmond on the White Houses and presidents during the Civil War. Seale, who is the author of “The President’s House: A History,“ will discuss on Thursday Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis and the White Houses in which they lived. The focus of the talk is social and cultural history of the two presidents, not just the Civil War.

The grandeur of Richmond wouldn’t be as grand without William Lawrence Bottomley. The New York architect left an indelible legacy in the city’s affluent neighborhoods, leaving many to recognize his multi-million-dollar homes simply by saying “that’s a Bottomley.“