{"nrhp_refnum":"04001372","name":"Oakwood-Chimborazo Historic District","other_names":["Vdhr # 127-0821"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly N 30th-N 39th St., Chimborazo,Meldon,Oakwood,E Broad,Briel,E Clay,E Leigh,M,E Marshall,N,O,and P","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond (Independent City)","county":"Richmond (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.53419303550004,"lon":-77.39150500538085,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-03-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Black","Health/Medicine"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large, mostly residential historic district on the east side of Richmond, Virginia, made up of the Chimborazo, Oakwood and Glenwood Park neighborhoods, developed mainly from the late 19th century into the 1920s.","why_significant":"The district holds a large collection of late 19th and early 20th century brick and frame houses that mix Late Victorian, Queen Anne, Italianate and Colonial Revival elements, along with bungalows, schools, churches, corner stores and cemeteries. The form says it keeps a high level of integrity and architectural interest despite some deterioration and alteration. The significance statement itself is not included in the text provided, so the stated reasons rest on the description section.","narrative":"Oakwood-Chimborazo is a linear historic district on Richmond's east side, joining the Chimborazo, Oakwood and Glenwood Park neighborhoods. Its streets follow a grid of wide blocks, with mature trees, concrete sidewalks and asphalt street paving blocks tying the areas together. Chimborazo Park and the Oakwood and Evergreen cemeteries provide open green space at its edges. Development was slow because a few families held most of the land, and it accelerated after trolley lines arrived by 1897, with major building periods in 1907 to 1913 and 1923 to 1926. Glenwood Park was subdivided in 1927. The district contains over a thousand primary buildings, mainly brick and frame houses that blend Italianate, Queen Anne, Late Victorian and Colonial Revival features, plus cottages, bungalows, apartment blocks, schools, churches and corner stores. The oldest surviving houses date from the 1840s to about 1860 and are Greek Revival. Builders such as John T. J. Melton shaped much of the housing. Despite some deterioration and alteration, the neighborhood keeps a high level of integrity.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Builders and architects named include John T. J. Melton, Robert H. Walton, H. E. Mills, D. Wiley Anderson, C. W. Nicholson, Isaac W. Throckmorton and J. W. Clary","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals; Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements (including Late Victorian, Queen Anne, Italianate, Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Largely residential and still in use; some buildings have deteriorated or been modified, but the district is described as retaining a high level of integrity.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.555565-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/73/6830/41683073/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/04001372.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04001372/2b4d7feb01-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04001372/2b4d7feb01-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"National Park Service","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chimborazo_Museum_VA_NPS.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">National Park Service</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chimborazo_Museum_VA_NPS.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683073","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakwood%E2%80%93Chimborazo_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7074281"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/richmond/oakwood-chimborazo-historic-district-04001372/"}