{"nrhp_refnum":"02000997","name":"Todd, E.M., Company","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1128 Hermitage Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond (Independent City)","county":"Richmond (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.56235258300006,"lon":-77.46070507999997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-09-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A massive red brick industrial building at 1128 Hermitage Road in Richmond, Virginia, begun in 1892 as the Richmond Brewery and Hygeia Ice Factory and expanded around 1919-1920 for the E. M. Todd Company, a ham and bacon processor.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant under Criterion A for its importance to local industry. It was tied to two industrial institutions: the Richmond Brewery and the E. M. Todd Company, described as the country's oldest meat processor in continuous business. Todd's smoked ham and bacon were made here from 1927 to 1998.","narrative":"Occupying a triangular lot beside a railroad spur northwest of downtown Richmond, this brick building at 1128 Hermitage Road grew in two stages. Its five-story north end opened in 1892 as the Richmond Brewery and Hygeia Ice Factory, with granite trim and detailed brickwork. After Prohibition ended the brewery, the property passed to the F. E. Patrick Young Company, which expanded it in 1919 and 1920 with a five-story smokehouse block and a larger plant to the south, built with a visible concrete frame and loading dock. Five metal flues on the west side mark the smokehouses where Todd's hams and bacon were cured. Inside, board-formed concrete columns and overhead rails remain from meat handling. The E. M. Todd Company, tracing its Smithfield ham business to about 1779, made its products here from 1927 to 1998. The building is recognized for its role in Richmond's brewing, ice-making and meat-processing industries.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1892, 1919-20","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Historic use was meat processing; the form lists the current function as multiple dwelling conversion, work in progress. The Todd company left the building in 1998.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.096967-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/19/6832/41683219/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/02000997.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000997/073fa18d9b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000997/073fa18d9b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Morgan Riley","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Todds_Ham,_Richmond,_Virginia.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:Todds_Ham,_Richmond,_Virginia.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"71000982","name":"James River and Kanawha Canal Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/james-river-and-kanawha-canal-historic-district-71000982/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683219","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._M._Todd_Company","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16901800"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/richmond/todd-e-m-company-02000997/"}