{"nrhp_refnum":"04001294","name":"Highland Park Plaza Historic District","other_names":["127-0831"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Meadowbridge Rd., Missouri Ave., City limits, and Detroit Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond (Independent City)","county":"Richmond (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.57427181250003,"lon":-77.41548472576034,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-12-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic residential district in Richmond, Virginia, centered on a park (plaza) on a ridge north of downtown. It was laid out as a streetcar suburb after 1889 and contains about 163 resources, mostly houses built between about 1900 and 1945.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district shows the growth of a streetcar-era suburb in Richmond's Northside, marked by Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Foursquare, bungalow and Tudor Revival houses. It also includes civic buildings such as a Craftsman-style firehouse and a park recreation building. It is marked significant under Criteria A and C.","narrative":"Highland Park Plaza Historic District covers a planned suburban neighborhood north of downtown Richmond, Virginia. The 135-acre Mount Comfort tract was bought for development in 1889, and the area was laid out as a street grid around a central park, with avenues named for states and cross streets named for poets. It was annexed by the city in 1914. The district holds about 163 resources, mostly houses. Early dwellings include narrow side-passage frame houses and elaborate Queen Anne and Colonial Revival homes built for professionals and merchants. Later decades added American Foursquare houses, bungalows, Tudor Revival cottages, Cape Cod and Dutch Colonial houses, garages and small apartment buildings, many built in groups by builders or real estate companies. Civic buildings include the c. 1915 Engine Company No. 15 Firehouse, a rare Craftsman-detailed example, and the park recreation building. The district was recognized for its role in the city's streetcar-suburb growth and for its range of early twentieth-century house types.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Queen Anne; Colonial Revival; Bungalow/Craftsman","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Most of the district remains in residential use, along with business, recreation and religious uses.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.658626-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/99/6829/41682999/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/04001294.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04001294/33e29aa467-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04001294/33e29aa467-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Crazyale","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Highland_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:Highland_park.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682999","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_Park_Plaza_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16843229"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/richmond/highland-park-plaza-historic-district-04001294/"}