{"nrhp_refnum":"71001061","name":"Linden Row","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"100-114 E. Franklin St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond (Independent City)","county":"Richmond (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.543409644000064,"lon":-77.44208716799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-11-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Landscape Architecture","Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A terrace row of eight three-story red brick Greek Revival townhouses at 100-114 East Franklin Street in Richmond, Virginia, built in 1847 and 1853.","why_significant":"It is the only surviving terrace row of those built on Franklin Street in the 1840s and 1850s, and its simple, elegant proportions are described as exemplary of urban Greek Revival architecture. It housed prominent Richmond families and several well-known schools. Its preservation through private purchase is cited as an example of combining business and preservation interests.","narrative":"Linden Row is a terrace of eight identical three-story red brick houses on East Franklin Street in Richmond. Fleming James built the first five in 1847, naming the group Linden Square for the linden trees in the earlier Ellis garden, and the sons of Thomas Rutherfoord added more in 1853. Each house has a Grecian Doric entrance porch with fluted columns, stone lintels and sills, and a long unbroken wooden cornice. A three-story porch runs along the rear. The row is the only survivor of the terraces built on Franklin Street in the 1840s and 1850s. Over time it was home to prominent residents, including a druggist, a jurist and the novelist Mary Johnston, and it housed three well-known schools. Two end houses were demolished in 1922 for a medical building, and others were rezoned for business. Mary Wingfield Scott bought most of the remaining houses to secure their survival. The row is valued as a fine example of urban Greek Revival architecture.","period_of_significance":"1847 and 1853","architect_builder":"Fleming James (built the first five houses in 1847); Samuel and Alexander Rutherfoord (built five more in 1853 following James' formula)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as excellent condition and essentially unaltered; interiors adapted to office and apartment space, with commercial and private residence use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:56.373931-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/87/6829/41682987/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/71001061.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71001061/c191fa04a8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71001061/c191fa04a8-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Unknown authorUnknown author","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Linden_Row,_100-118_East_Franklin_Street_(Richmond,_Independent_City,_Virginia).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown authorUnknown author</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Linden_Row,_100-118_East_Franklin_Street_(Richmond,_Independent_City,_Virginia).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/41682987","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linden_Row","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16894174"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/richmond/linden-row-71001061/"}