{"nrhp_refnum":"08000424","name":"Jackson Ward Historic District (Boundary Increase)","other_names":["VDHR No. 127-0237"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"400 blks. 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Sts., 106-108 E. Marshall, 411-413 N. Adams St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond (Independent City)","county":"Richmond (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.54586712550005,"lon":-77.43970455127483,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-05-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce","Black"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A boundary increase to the Jackson Ward Historic District in Richmond, Virginia, adding 13 contributing buildings (and two noncontributing) on North First, Second, Third and Adams Streets and East Marshall Street. They are mostly brick commercial buildings and former houses dating from about 1830 to the 1920s.","why_significant":"The added area extends the commercial edge of Jackson Ward, the historic African American community known as the \"Harlem of the South.\" Its buildings show the shift from residential to commercial use between the late nineteenth century and the 1920s, and the changing makeup of the neighborhood's residents and businesses. The nomination cites architecture, commerce and Black ethnic heritage, and the buildings match the scale, massing and materials of the original district.","narrative":"This addition to Jackson Ward in Richmond brings in a block-by-block strip of buildings along North First, Second and Third Streets, East Marshall Street and one double house on North Adams Street. Most are brick commercial buildings of one to three stories, and several began as houses that were altered with storefronts. The earliest is a Federal-style townhouse at 400 North Second Street, built about 1830. An Italianate double house at 106-108 East Marshall survives from about 1900, and the 1914 Neoclassical Revival Fraternal Order of Eagles building stands at the eastern edge. Directory and map research shows the area changing from residential to commercial by the 1920s, with a growing number of African American shopkeepers and residents. Businesses included a barber shop, dry cleaner, shoe shops and a pool hall, and the NAACP's Richmond office was in one building. The area was added because it shares the scale, materials and development pattern of the original historic district, with a period of significance of 1800 to 1926.","period_of_significance":"1800-1926","architect_builder":"Asbury and Whitehurst, architects (Fraternal Order of Eagles Building)","architectural_style":"Italianate, Federal, Neoclassical Revival, Moderne, Commercial Style, Colonial Revival, Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current functions include specialty stores and multiple dwellings, and some buildings are vacant, such as the Bliley Garage and the double house at 411-413 North Adams Street, whose openings are covered in plywood.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.418121-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/73/6829/41682973/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/08000424.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"09000924","name":"Grace Street Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/grace-street-commercial-historic-district-boundary-increase-09000924/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682973","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/richmond/jackson-ward-historic-district-boundary-increase-08000424/"}