{"nrhp_refnum":"10000736","name":"John Rolfe Apartments","other_names":["Dhr # 127-6513"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"101 Tempsford Ln","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond","county":"Richmond (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.568381155000054,"lon":-77.51963768999997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-09-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two- and three-story, ten-unit brick apartment building at 101 Tempsford Lane in western Richmond, Virginia, completed in 1940 and designed and built by owner-developer George Edward Hoppe, Jr.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is an early and unusual example of International Style residential architecture in a city and region dominated by traditional styles. It is considered the most sophisticated of Hoppe's modernist buildings and retains a high level of integrity. Its design appears to draw on European precedents such as the Weissenhofsiedlung housing in Stuttgart.","narrative":"Completed in 1940 on a sloping .887-acre lot near Richmond's western boundary, this ten-unit brick apartment building was designed and built by George Edward Hoppe, Jr., a professional engineer who was also its developer. Its rectangular form steps down the hill in six two- and three-story blocks, with flat roofs, rooftop terraces, smooth painted brick walls, punched steel awning windows and curved steel entrance canopies. Four units are two-story townhouses and six are one-story flats reached by shared stairs. Inside, plans are efficient, with hardwood floors, plaster walls and minimal trim, and much original steel hardware and finish survives. The building is valued as an early and unusual example of International Style housing in a city of traditional architecture. Hoppe built it economically using regional materials and prefabricated elements, and its stepped form and terraces appear inspired by European housing of the 1920s. It is the most developed of his modernist works and has changed little since construction.","period_of_significance":"1940","architect_builder":"George E. Hoppe, Jr.","architectural_style":"Modern Movement: International Style","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as multiple-dwelling apartments; minimally altered since 1940 and described as having a high level of integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.511834-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/98/6828/41682898/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/10000736.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000736/3c8fc2008d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000736/3c8fc2008d-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Crazyale","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_rolfe_apartments.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Crazyale</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_rolfe_apartments.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682898","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rolfe_Apartments","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16899420"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/richmond/john-rolfe-apartments-10000736/"}