{"nrhp_refnum":"01000693","name":"North Ghent","other_names":["122-0827"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Bounded by Princess Anne Rd., Olney Rd., Colonia Ave., and Colley Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Norfolk (Independent City)","county":"Norfolk","state":"VA","lat":36.86343931300004,"lon":-76.29823241232066,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-07-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"North Ghent is an eighty-acre residential historic district in Norfolk, Virginia, bounded by Princess Anne Road, Olney Road, Colonial Avenue and Colley Avenue. It was developed mainly between 1897 and 1912 as a northward extension of Ghent, with 378 properties, 321 of them contributing.","why_significant":"The district is significant under Criteria A and C, in the areas of architecture and community planning and development. It records the growth of a planned streetcar-era suburb of Norfolk, from the grand houses on Colonial Avenue to smaller houses, rowhouses and apartment buildings for the middle classes. It also shows a wide range of revival and American-movement architectural styles.","narrative":"North Ghent is an eighty-acre neighborhood west of downtown Norfolk, Virginia, laid out as a northward extension of the planned suburb of Ghent. Colonial Avenue, platted in 1891, was meant as a grand boulevard for wealthy residents and filled with large houses in Colonial Revival, Queen Anne, French Renaissance and Romanesque Revival styles. In 1897 the boundaries were extended north and west, and building on the new streets began in 1899. Stockley Gardens, a landscaped corridor created in 1900 by filling Colley Creek, became the focal point and drew institutional as well as residential development. A building boom followed between 1900 and 1910, and the area was almost fully built by 1928. The 1907 Jamestown Exposition encouraged red brick Colonial Revival apartment houses. Smaller single-family houses and rowhouses for middle-class buyers mixed Shingle, Tudor Revival, Craftsman and American Foursquare designs. Of 378 properties, 321 contribute to the district's character, which reflects both suburban planning and architectural variety.","period_of_significance":"1897-1929","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial Revival, Queen Anne, Shingle Style, Tudor Revival, Italianate, Greek Revival, Classical Revival, French and Italian Renaissance, Bungalow/Craftsman, and others","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Largely residential; historic and current functions include single and multiple dwellings, religious facilities, businesses, shops, restaurants and meeting halls.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:01.015802-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/41/6821/41682141/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/01000693.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000693/e868557acc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000693/e868557acc-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stockley_Gardens,_North_Ghent.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stockley_Gardens,_North_Ghent.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682141","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Ghent_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123517515"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/norfolk/north-ghent-01000693/"}