Customs House
Information about the Customs House in Richmond, Va., during the Civil War.

The Custom House was located on the north side of Main Street between 10th and 11th. The building was used for the offices Confederate Government and numerous cabinet officials as well as the office of the President.

This building survived the evacuation fire and is used today, greatly expanded, as the Richmond court house.

Written Accounts

1861-04-24, Richmond Dispatch; old U. S. Customs House is now being used as a stopping place for troops
1861-05-21, Richmond Dispatch; description of the offices in the Customs House, and who occupies them
1861-06-03, Richmond Dispatch; Customs house is being readied for its occupancy by the Confederate Government
1861-06-15, Richmond Enquirer; Prisoners captured at Big Bethel are quartered at the Customs House - Richmonders flock to see the captured Yankees
1861-07-12, Richmond Dispatch; huge flagpole will be raised above the Custom House
1862-06-02, Richmond Dispatch; Gaines’ Battery thanks Mrs. R. Adams for meal. Spent night of 5/28-29 on steps of Custom House
1862-11-14, Richmond Dispatch; negroes arrested for theft & counterfeiting. Were stealing unsigned notes from Custom House
1862-11-15, Richmond Dispatch; update on Custom House theft case
1862-11-29, Richmond Dispatch; slaves accused of stealing treasury notes at Custom House to go on trial today. Includes slave of Jefferson Davis
1862-12-01, Richmond Dispatch; Custom House robbers, slaves, acquitted

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