Much Work Done

Moore and Archer, two black contractors, complete a variety of projects in Jackson Ward worth at least $35,000.

Messrs. Moore and Archer, the colored contractors have been very successful recently. They have remodelled the Fifth St. Bapt. Church, built a row of houses for Mr. Miles C. Debbress on St. John St. and four others for him on Jackson and on Duval Sts., remodelled the store for the St. Luke Emporium and the St. Luke Emporium and the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank at 112 E. Broad St., remodelled the house of Mrs. Fanny Criss Payne of Leigh St. and the one of Mrs. Maggie L. Walker on the same St., erected a double tenement on Duval St., between Third and Fourth Sts., the value of which with other work done by them in the last eighteen months will aggregate $35,000.00.

“Much Work Done,” Black Virginia: The Richmond Planet, 1894-1909, accessed February 19, 2026, https://blackvirginia.richmond.edu/items/show/1291.