{"nrhp_refnum":"05000896","name":"Scott's Addition Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Cutshaw Ave, Boulevard, and the Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac RR","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond (Independent City)","county":"Richmond (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.56863766700005,"lon":-77.47249475525552,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-08-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Commerce","Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large industrial and commercial historic district in Richmond, Virginia, west of the Boulevard, laid out in the 1890s and built up mainly from the early 1900s through the 1960s. It contains 287 contributing and 87 non-contributing resources, mostly warehouses, factories, commercial buildings and some dwellings.","why_significant":"The district is described as one of the larger industrial and commercial districts in Richmond. It has a varied collection of early and mid-twentieth century architecture, including possibly the city's largest concentration of Moderne buildings, a style rarely seen in Richmond. Its warehouses, plants and showrooms reflect two phases of development, in the early 1900s and from the 1930s to the 1950s.","narrative":"Scott's Addition is an industrial and commercial district in Richmond, Virginia, bounded by the Boulevard and the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad. Its streets were laid out in a grid in the 1890s, but the area stayed largely undeveloped until the early 1900s, when modest houses and businesses appeared. A second phase, from the 1930s to the 1950s, brought large factories, warehouses and commercial buildings, some replacing the earlier dwellings. The district holds 374 resources, of which 287 contribute to its character. Architecture ranges from Colonial Revival rowhouses and a Classical Revival church to Art Deco car dealerships and a radio station. It also has sixteen Moderne buildings, possibly the largest concentration in the city, including a dairy plant, a grocery store, a skating arena and a glass factory. Buildings sit close to the street, and rail spurs remain visible beside loading docks. These varied designs give the area its distinctive character.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Henry T. Barnham; Leon Otis Spiers; Marcellus E. Wright; Davis Brothers Inc.; Albert Kahn; Fredrick Bishop; Louis W. Ballou; Carneal, Johnston & Wright; Joseph J. Schlesser; Jason W. Kendler & Son","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals (Colonial Revival, Mission Revival, Classical Revival); Modern Movement (Moderne, International Style, Art Deco, Other, Post Modern)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Currently zoned mixed use, allowing light industrial, office, residential and service uses. Some buildings, such as a former skating arena, have been converted to offices.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.85357-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/27/6832/41683227/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/05000896.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000896/1bea0303bc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000896/1bea0303bc-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Morgan Riley, Midlothian, Virginia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WTVR_6_Tower.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Morgan Riley, Midlothian, Virginia</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:WTVR_6_Tower.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683227","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott%27s_Addition_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16899881"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/richmond/scotts-addition-historic-district-05000896/"}