{"nrhp_refnum":"12000545","name":"Armitage Manufacturing Company","other_names":["Fibre Board Container Company / VDHR No. 127-6693"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3200 Williamsburg Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond (Independent City)","county":"Richmond (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.52670222300003,"lon":-77.41537047599996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-08-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Industry"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A multi-part brick industrial warehouse at 3200 Williamsburg Avenue in the Fulton area of Richmond, Virginia. The original two-story plant was built in 1900 and later expanded, including a 1950s bowstring truss wing.","why_significant":"It is significant under Criterion A for its role in Richmond's manufacturing industry from 1900 to 1956, first making roofing paper and building supplies from gas works tar and later corrugated shipping containers for the tobacco trade. It is significant under Criterion C as turn-of-the-century heavy-timber industrial construction and the earliest industrial design by Noland & Baskervill.","narrative":"Built in 1900 on Williamsburg Avenue in Richmond's East End, this brick industrial building began as the Armitage Manufacturing Company plant, designed by the Richmond firm Noland & Baskervill. Armitage made roofing paper and building materials using coal tar from the Fulton Gas Works across the street. After the company went bankrupt, the Fibre Board Container Company took over in 1916 and made corrugated shipping boxes, with Richmond's tobacco and cigarette makers among its clients. Contractor James Fox & Sons carried out additions between 1924 and 1939 that more than doubled the building's size, and a large bowstring truss wing for paper storage followed in the 1950s. The front wing keeps its heavy timber framing, corbelled cornice, pilasters and stepped end walls. The property was recognized for its place in the city's industrial history and as an intact early industrial design. It has been used mainly for warehouse storage since the 1960s.","period_of_significance":"1900-1956","architect_builder":"Noland & Baskervill; James Fox & Sons","architectural_style":"OTHER: Industrial","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Used mainly as warehouse storage since the plant closed in the 1960s; the form lists current function as vacant.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.784621-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/81/6830/41683081/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/12000545.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000545/4d4ea68ff8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000545/4d4ea68ff8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Crazyale","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Armitage_manufacturing.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Crazyale</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Armitage_manufacturing.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"70000884","name":"St. John's Church Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/st-johns-church-historic-district-70000884/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683081","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armitage_Manufacturing_Company","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16161622"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/richmond/armitage-manufacturing-company-12000545/"}