{"nrhp_refnum":"08000877","name":"Hunt-Sitterding House","other_names":["Sitterding House","Gilbert Hunt House","127-0202-0001"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"901 Floyd Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond","county":"Richmond (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.54701984600007,"lon":-77.45311558999998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-09-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2½-story late-Victorian brick town house with a three-story corner tower at 901 Floyd Avenue in Richmond, Virginia, built in 1889-91 by contractor/architect Gilbert J. Hunt, Jr. as his own residence and office.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a distinctive example of late 19th-century upper-middle-class urban domestic architecture, freely combining Queen Anne and Romanesque Revival elements. It is also tied to Gilbert J. Hunt, Jr., a prominent builder/architect/developer who designed and built about fifty-five houses in Richmond's Fan District. The exterior retains a high degree of integrity.","narrative":"Built between 1889 and 1891 at 901 Floyd Avenue in Richmond, this brick town house was designed and constructed by Gilbert J. Hunt, Jr. as his home and basement office. It originally anchored the end of a row of similar houses Hunt built, all since demolished and replaced by a university student commons. The house combines Queen Anne and Romanesque Revival features, including a three-story corner tower with a pointed roof, rough-faced granite trim, slate roofing, and a room-like entrance porch with a wide arch on polished pink granite columns. Inside, the original oak staircase survives, along with parlor mantels and decorative cast-iron firebacks, though most other rooms were modernized. Hunt was a leading builder in the Fan District, and the house served as a showcase of his skills. Virginia Commonwealth University acquired it in 1975 and uses it for offices. Its exterior remains little changed.","period_of_significance":"1891-1921","architect_builder":"Hunt, Gilbert J., Jr.","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Queen Anne/Romanesque subcategory","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Owned by Virginia Commonwealth University and used for offices; the exterior is well maintained and largely unaltered, while the interior was altered in 1977 and 1984.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.503898-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/5/6829/41682905/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/08000877.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000877/8ff13e7b7c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000877/8ff13e7b7c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Morgan Riley","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hunt-Sitterding_House_Richmond.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Morgan Riley</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:Hunt-Sitterding_House_Richmond.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"71000982","name":"James River and Kanawha Canal Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/james-river-and-kanawha-canal-historic-district-71000982/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682905","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunt%E2%80%93Sitterding_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15226885"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/richmond/hunt-sitterding-house-08000877/"}