{"nrhp_refnum":"04000856","name":"Grace Hospital","other_names":["VDHR File # 127-5459"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"401 West Grace St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond (Independent City)","county":"Richmond (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.548808923000024,"lon":-77.44637196699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-08-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Health/Medicine","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Grace Hospital is a three-story brick former city hospital at 401 West Grace Street in Richmond, Virginia, built in 1911 to designs by Charles M. Robinson, with additions in 1930 and 1964.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is significant under Criterion A in health and medicine as a symbol of the growth of small, privately run hospitals in early twentieth-century Richmond, and as the city's first fireproof hospital. It also qualifies under Criterion C as a strong example of Colonial Revival architecture popular in Richmond between 1890 and 1930. It is tied to two prominent Richmond architects, Charles M. Robinson and Henry E. Baskervill.","narrative":"Grace Hospital, at the corner of West Grace and Monroe Streets in Richmond, began as a three-story Colonial Revival building designed by Charles M. Robinson and completed in 1911. Its Flemish bond brick walls, granite basement, paired Ionic columns and modillioned cornice gave it a residential character that suited the surrounding neighborhood. A five-story wing by Henry E. Baskervill followed in 1930, and a plain modern wing by Samuel N. Mayo was added in 1964, roughly tripling the size of the building. The hospital was among a network of small private hospitals that grew up in Richmond in the early twentieth century, and it was the city's first fireproof hospital. It later housed a nursing school and, from 1981, an adult retirement home. The building has been vacant since 1999, and new owners plan to convert it to apartments. It was recognized for its role in local health care history and for its architecture.","period_of_significance":"1911-1954","architect_builder":"Charles Morrison Robinson, architect (1911 campaign); Henry E. Baskervill, architect (1930 campaign); Samuel N. Mayo, AIA (1964 campaign)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Colonial Revival; Modern Movement: Moderne","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Vacant since 1999; purchased in February 2004 by developers who plan to convert it into apartments.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.039358-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/17/6832/41683217/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/04000856.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000856/9248c41c93-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000856/9248c41c93-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"VCU Libraries","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GraceHospitalRichmondVA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">VCU Libraries</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GraceHospitalRichmondVA.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/41683217","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hospital_(Richmond,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5591217"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/richmond/grace-hospital-04000856/"}