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The Custom House, the first Federal building ever built in Richmond is seen below. This building provided offices for Confederate President Jefferson Davis and other executive staff, including the Confederate Treasury Department. At the end of the Civil War, the Richmond evacuation fire of 1865 left much of Richmond in ruins.
The view from the south side of
Canal Basin is seen below, showing the Capitol, the Custom House and other
structures after the fire of April, 1865.
The
Custom House is seen below. With its stout granite walls and inflammable roof,
the building survived the fire. In 1866, the Grand Jury of the United States
District Court met on the third floor and indicted Jefferson Davis for treason.
Davis was granted amnesty and never stood trial.
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