{"nrhp_refnum":"69000356","name":"Grant, William H., House","other_names":["Sheltering Arms Hospital"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1008 E. Clay St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond (Independent City)","county":"Richmond (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.541842004000046,"lon":-77.43071873599996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1969-04-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large three-story brick Italianate townhouse at 1008 E. Clay Street in Richmond, Virginia, built in 1857 for tobacco manufacturer William H. Grant and later used as Sheltering Arms Hospital.","why_significant":"The nomination calls the house a fine example of the architectural exuberance and romanticism of the 1850s. It is also one of the few houses of its period and type to survive in downtown Richmond. Its location across from the Valentine Museum enhances the historic character of E. Clay Street. It also housed the Sheltering Arms Hospital from 1892.","narrative":"Built in 1857 for tobacco manufacturer William H. Grant, this three-story brick townhouse at 1008 E. Clay Street in Richmond is an Italianate design with a three-bay facade. A small, richly ornamented arched porch on coupled square columns marks the central entrance, and every facade window has an elaborate half-round lintel. The modillioned cornice is a replacement of the original. In 1892 the house was acquired by Sheltering Arms Hospital, a free hospital for white residents of Virginia. Conversion brought interior changes, extensive rear additions and a three-story wing on the west side linking it to the neighboring house, though the basic original floor plan survives. The hospital moved in 1965, and the Medical College of Virginia now uses the building as offices. The house was listed as a fine example of 1850s architectural romanticism and as one of few surviving houses of its type downtown, across from the Valentine Museum.","period_of_significance":"1857 (19th century)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and used as offices by the Medical College of Virginia (Virginia Commonwealth University) after the hospital moved in 1965; condition listed as fair.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.107189-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/0/6829/41682900/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/69000356.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/69000356/b2bf1901ba-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/69000356/b2bf1901ba-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Morgan Riley","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OldShelteringArmsHospitalRichmond.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:OldShelteringArmsHospitalRichmond.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/41682900","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Grant_House_(Richmond,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8010430"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/richmond/grant-william-h-house-69000356/"}