{"nrhp_refnum":"02000183","name":"St. Christopher's School","other_names":["VDHR File no. 127-5995"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"711 St. Christopher's Rd/","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond (Independent City)","county":"Richmond (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.580504725000026,"lon":-77.52074846199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-03-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The core of St. Christopher's School, a private boys' school at 711 St. Christopher's Road in Richmond, Virginia, made up of six contributing buildings dating from 1915 to 1943 arranged around an irregular quadrangle.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school shows efforts by individuals and religious institutions to broaden access to quality education and foster Christian principles (Criterion A). Its early frame buildings reflect the camp-like facilities of such schools, while later brick buildings show affinity with preparatory and collegiate architecture of east-coast states (Criterion C). The informal mix of buildings and pine-shaded landscape is also cited.","narrative":"St. Christopher's School in Richmond began in 1911 as the Chamberlayne School for Boys, founded by Dr. Churchill Gibson Chamberlayne, and moved in 1914 to a seven-acre tract in the Westhampton section of the city. The listed core holds six contributing buildings built between 1915 and 1943 around an irregular quadrangle shaded by tall pines. Early small frame buildings, including the 1916 dormitory now used as an alumni hall, the former Lower School now a bookstore, and a 1917 gymnasium later converted to a chapel, reflect the school's camp-like beginnings. Later brick buildings, including the Georgian Revival Chamberlayne Hall of 1943 and the 1926 Middle School, were designed by the Richmond firm Baskervill & Sons. In 1920 the school passed to a church-schools corporation of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia and took its present name. It was recognized for its role in private education and for its informal blend of architecture and landscape. The campus remains an active school today.","period_of_significance":"1911-1951","architect_builder":"Baskervill & Sons, Architects","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals: Georgian Revival, Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a school; the Upper School Chapel serves for morning services and the other early buildings have been adapted for school and alumni uses.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.340057-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/13/6832/41683213/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/02000183.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000183/55bf36f841-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000183/55bf36f841-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Morgan Riley","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Christopher%27s_School_Richmond_VA.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Morgan Riley</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Christopher%27s_School_Richmond_VA.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683213","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Christopher%27s_School_(Richmond,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7587550"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/richmond/st-christophers-school-02000183/"}