Riverland Historic District
In response to the city of Roanoke’s rapid industrial growth during the late-19th and early-20th centuries along the Roanoke River and railroad lines, the Riverland Historic District was developed between […]
Battery Court Historic District
The Battery Court Historic District exhibits the growing sophistication of Richmond’s developers in an intact neighborhood whose significance spans from 1909-1949. As the most recent (1909) of the Richmond Northside’s […]
African-American Cemeteries in Petersburg, Virginia, 1818-1942 MPD
This Multiple Property Documentation (MPD) Form facilitates the nomination to the registers of African American cemeteries in the city of Petersburg. Cemeteries that qualify for registration under this nomination are […]
Fan Area Historic District Extension
In the 1890s, the Virginia Railway and Power Company extended a trolley line down Richmond’s West Main Street that served as a catalyst for residential and commercial development of increasing […]
Manassas Water Tower
With its construction in 1914, the 147-foot-tall Manassas Water Tower signaled the community’s pivot from a small rural town to a modern city with a planned infrastructure. It arose during […]
Carillon Neighborhood Historic District
Taking its name from a nearby landmark bell tower, the Virginia War Memorial Carillon, Richmond’s Carillon Neighborhood Historic District comprises approximately 148 acres and 499 contributing historic resources including two […]
William Byrd Park
Sometimes referred to as Richmond’s “Central Park,” William Byrd Park at about 275 acres is the city’s largest. The park began during the Reconstruction era in 1874, when the city […]
Wicker Apartments
Built in two phases between 1945 and 1947, Wicker Apartments—known at the time of its listing as Bellevue Apartments—is a well-preserved example in the city of Richmond of a mid-20th-century […]
Violet Bank Historic District
Violet Bank Historic District in Colonial Heights has two periods of significance, 1815 and 1908-1956. In 1815, Violet Bank, a Federal-style house, was constructed on a large tract in then-rural […]
Thomas Claiborne Creasy House
The Thomas Claiborne Creasy House in Pittsylvania County’s Town of Gretna is where Thomas C. Creasy resided during a career that brought him wealth and saw him operating a mercantile […]
