{"nrhp_refnum":"06000031","name":"Hermitage Road Historic District","other_names":["DHR File # 127-6076"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"3800-4200 blks of Hermitage Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond (Independent City)","county":"Richmond (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.58905435850005,"lon":-77.46332980836362,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-02-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-block residential historic district along Hermitage Road in Richmond, Virginia, northwest of downtown near the Henrico County line. It developed from the late 1800s into the early 1900s, beginning as country estates and growing into an upper- and middle-class suburb.","why_significant":"The district is argued to be significant under Criterion A as a streetcar-era suburb tied to Lewis Ginter's Lakeside Streetcar Line and Northside real estate development. Under Criterion C it holds a well-preserved range of Late Victorian, Colonial Revival and other early twentieth-century residential styles, including work by architect D. Wiley Anderson. Its wide tree-lined boulevard, deep setbacks and spacious lots keep a high degree of integrity.","narrative":"Hermitage Road Historic District covers four blocks of a wide, tree-lined boulevard in Richmond's Northside, running from Laburnum Avenue to Westbrook Avenue. It began in the late 1800s as a string of country estates for prominent Richmond families and grew into a suburb of upper- and middle-class homes. Lewis Ginter's Lakeside Streetcar Line ran down the center of the road from 1897, and a landscaped median replaced the tracks in 1929. Three planned neighborhoods, Rosedale, Bellevue Park and Virginia Place, were platted along the road between 1909 and 1912. Colonial Revival is the dominant style, alongside Queen Anne, Richardsonian Romanesque, Italian Renaissance, Tudor Revival, Craftsman and Prairie houses. Several large homes were designed by architect D. Wiley Anderson. The district also includes a Bellevue Arch from 1894 and a monument to General A.P. Hill. It was listed for its link to streetcar suburban development and for its well-preserved architecture, laid out with deep setbacks and spacious lots.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"D. Wiley Anderson; Walter R. Higham","architectural_style":"Late Victorian (Queen Anne, Richardsonian Romanesque); Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals (Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Italian Renaissance); Bungalow/Craftsman; Prairie School; Modern","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Most properties still serve as single-family homes. Some former dwellings now house a school, and one is a commercial land office. Most dwellings are described as in excellent condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.775024-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/9/6832/41683209/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/06000031.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683209","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermitage_Road_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5741844"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/richmond/hermitage-road-historic-district-06000031/"}