{"nrhp_refnum":"12000519","name":"Shockoe Slip Historic District (Boundary Increase III)","other_names":["Vdhr # 127-0219"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"300 blk. S. 11th, 1200 & 1300 E. Byrd Sts., 1201 Haxall Pt., 13th St. Bridge","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond (Independent City)","county":"Richmond (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.53588272200005,"lon":-77.43609282499995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-08-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 3.5-acre boundary increase to the Shockoe Slip Historic District in Richmond, Virginia, covering industrial resources between the Downtown Expressway and the James River: four warehouses, a hydroelectric plant, the Haxall Canal and an 1860 bridge, plus noncontributing 1970s warehouses and a memorial cross.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the resources meet Criterion A as part of Richmond's industrial development, serving the tobacco industry, the streetcar system and the electrical grid. They also meet Criterion C as representative late-19th and early-20th century industrial design, including an Italianate warehouse, a Classical Revival power plant and a warehouse by architect Charles Robinson.","narrative":"This southern expansion of the Shockoe Slip Historic District in Richmond takes in the remaining historic industrial buildings between the Downtown Expressway and the north bank of the James River. Four brick warehouses built between about 1886 and 1910 served the tobacco trade, and R.J. Reynolds occupied them by 1924. A Classical Revival hydroelectric plant of about 1898 generated power for the city's electric streetcars. The Haxall Canal, first built as a mill race for flour mills around 1789, was rebuilt to supply that plant. An 1860 granite-paved arched bridge once linked the area to Shockoe Slip. The most prominent building is a four-story Italianate warehouse with a five-story central tower. Two 1970s metal-clad warehouses and a relocated 1907 memorial cross do not contribute. The area was listed because it shows Richmond's tobacco, flour-milling and electric-power industries and preserves durable brick, concrete and stone industrial design. The expressway built in the 1970s obscured its original link to the Slip.","period_of_significance":"1800-1933 (unchanged)","architect_builder":"Charles Robinson (architect of 301 S 11th St); R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; A.B. Eddins/Old Dominion Tobacco Warehouse & Stemmery; Virginia Passenger & Power Co.","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Italianate; Industrial vernacular; Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The warehouses were recently vacated by Alcoa; the hydroelectric plant, unused since 1975, is privately owned and awaits redevelopment.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.348234-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/61/6829/41682961/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/12000519.pdf"},"photo":null,"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/41682961","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/richmond/shockoe-slip-historic-district-boundary-increase-iii-12000519/"}