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The district encompasses 312 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site located west of downtown Richmond. The primarily residential area developed starting in the mid-19th century. The buildings are in a variety of popular 19th-century and early 20th-century architectural styles, including Gothic Revival and Greek Revival .
Biggs Furniture, based in Richmond, Virginia, United States, was once a leading U.S. manufacturer of colonial reproduction furniture. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The company flourished in the 20th century, alongside reproductions by Colonial Williamsburg by the Kittinger Company , and other mass market reproduction brands like Ethan Allen and Pennsylvania House.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the independent city of Richmond, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
The Grace Street Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located in Richmond, Virginia. The district encompasses 93 contributing buildings located in downtown Richmond. The buildings reflect the core of the city's early 20th-century retail development and the remnants of a 19th-century residential neighborhood.
St. Alban's Hall (Richmond, Virginia) St. Mary's Hospital (Richmond) St. Sophia Home of the Little Sisters of the Poor; Scott's Addition Historic District; Southern Biscuit Company; Southern Stove Works; Southern Stove Works, Manchester; St. Luke Building; Statue of Joseph Bryan; Statue of Robert E. Lee (Valentine) Steamer Company Number 5
Located in the district is the Forbes Motor Car Company (1919), Harper-Overland Company building (1921), Firestone Building (1929), Engine Company No. 10 Firehouse (c. 1900), and the Saunders Station Post Office (1937). The majority of the buildings are two-to-four stories in height and are composed of brick with stucco, stone and metal detailing.
The district encompasses 1,005 contributing buildings located north of downtown Richmond and east of Barton Heights and Brookland Park. The primarily residential area developed starting in the late-19th century as one of the city's early "streetcar suburbs." It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. [1]
December 19, 1960 (Hampton: Hampton (independent city) Fort Monroe was completed in 1834, and is named in honor of U.S. President James Monroe. Completely surrounded by a moat, the six-sided stone fort was an active Army post until 2011.