{"nrhp_refnum":"01001573","name":"Laburnum Park Historic District","other_names":["VDHR file no. 127-5895"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Westwood, Palmyra, Confederate, Wilmington, W. Laburnum Aves., Chatham, Gloucester and Lamont Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond (Independent City)","county":"Richmond (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.58134425700004,"lon":-77.45628816644661,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-02-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development","Education","Health/Medicine","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A planned residential suburb of about 116 acres roughly two miles northwest of downtown Richmond, Virginia, laid out around 1919, with resources built between 1908 and 1974. It includes houses, several large institutions and two historic markers.","why_significant":"The form presents the district as a well-preserved, designed early 20th-century suburb with wide tree-lined boulevards, deep setbacks and large lots. It holds a wide range of period house styles, dominated by Colonial Revival, along with notable architect-designed work such as Laburnum Court and several institutions. The district is said to retain its integrity of setting, design, materials, workmanship, feeling and association.","narrative":"Laburnum Park is a residential suburb of about 116 acres in northwest Richmond, planned around 1919 on a grid of wide avenues. Grassy medians with mature shade trees, deep setbacks, half-acre lots and original cast-metal street signs give it a designed character. Most of its roughly 230 houses are two stories, in brick or frame, and Colonial Revival dominates, with many Craftsman and Tudor Revival examples and a few Mission and French Renaissance designs. Notable buildings include the 1908 Laburnum House, the 1911 Hermitage mansion and Laburnum Court, 24 cooperatively owned houses designed by Charles M. Robinson in 1919 to promote lot sales. Institutions along Westwood Avenue include a nursing home, a school campus and the former Richmond Memorial Hospital, completed in 1957. Two markers recall the area's earlier history: a turnpike mile marker and a Civil War defenses plaque. The district was listed for its intact suburban landscape and architectural variety.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Parish & Schroeder (Laburnum House, 1908); Charles Morrison Robinson (Laburnum Court, 1919; 1411 Wilmington Avenue, 1922); Muhleman and Kahoe; Davis Brothers; Samuel Hannaford & Sons and Baskervill & Son (Richmond Memorial Hospital); Charles Gillette (landscape)","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman, Tudor Revival, Queen Anne, Classical Revival, Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival, French Renaissance, Late Gothic Revival, Modern Movement","criteria":[],"status_note":"Mostly in residential use, with a nursing home, a school and a church still active. The form says the institutional buildings are in very good condition and the houses remain well preserved. The function list also includes a vacant/not in use category and a parking lot.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.609897-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/15/6830/41683015/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/01001573.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01001573/7546700d6a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01001573/7546700d6a-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Crazyale","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Laburnum_park.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Crazyale</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Laburnum_park.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683015","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laburnum_Park_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16893852"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/richmond/laburnum-park-historic-district-01001573/"}