{"nrhp_refnum":"00000887","name":"Church Hill North Historic District (Boundary Increase)","other_names":["127-820"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by 25th St., T St., 32nd St. and M St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond (Independent City)","county":"Richmond (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.53798174650004,"lon":-77.40934245232762,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-08-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Black","Religion","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A boundary increase to the Church Hill North Historic District in Richmond, Virginia, covering 288 buildings in the city's east end, roughly between North 25th and 32nd Streets and bounded on the north by T Street. Most buildings date from the late nineteenth century.","why_significant":"The expansion continues the existing district's pattern of consistent building scale and materials combined with a mix of architectural styles. It is significant for its architecture, its Black ethnic heritage, its religious buildings and its transportation-related buildings. Several public buildings were designed by well-known Richmond architects.","narrative":"This boundary increase extends the Church Hill North Historic District eastward and northward in Richmond's east end. It adds 288 buildings, 265 of them contributing, and most are one- and two-story frame dwellings built in the last two decades of the nineteenth century for working-class residents such as clerks, laborers, printers and machinists. Italianate is the dominant style, found in 168 contributing buildings, followed by Second Empire, with forty-one examples. Other styles include Greek Revival, Queen Anne, Gothic Revival, Art Deco and Bungalow/Craftsman. The oldest surviving building is Springfield Hall, built around 1850 as a lodge for the Sons of Temperance. The area also includes a train depot and trolley shed, three churches, a theater and commercial buildings, among them Fourth Baptist Church of 1884 and the 1938 Robinson Theater. The district was recognized for its architecture, Black ethnic heritage, religion and transportation, with a period of significance from 1850 to 1940.","period_of_significance":"1850 - 1940","architect_builder":"Herbert Levi Cain, T. Wiley Davis, Ethel Bailey Furman, William C. Noland, Charles Thaddeus Russell, Edward F. Sinnott","architectural_style":"Italianate dominant, with Greek Revival, Second Empire, Queen Anne, Gothic Revival, Neoclassical/Colonial Revival, Late Victorian, Art Deco and Bungalow/Craftsman examples","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Historic and current uses include dwellings, specialty stores, meeting halls and rail-related facilities. One circa 1870 dwelling at 803 1/2-805 North 27th Street has been demolished, with plans to reconstruct it.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:59.6512-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/75/6830/41683075/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/00000887.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683075","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/richmond/church-hill-north-historic-district-boundary-increase-00000887/"}