{"nrhp_refnum":"90002098","name":"Monument Avenue Historic District (Boundary Increase)","other_names":["DHR File No. 127-174","See Also:Monument Avenue Historic Distr"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly, Franklin St. from Roseneath Rd. to Cleveland St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond (Independent City)","county":"Richmond (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.56636203450006,"lon":-77.47738583353289,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-01-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A boundary adjustment to the Monument Avenue Historic District in Richmond, Virginia, covering early-twentieth-century residential and ecclesiastical buildings and monuments along Monument Avenue, West Grace Street, Park Avenue and West Franklin Street. The existing district was listed in 1969.","why_significant":"The amendment corrects two boundaries that cut through buildings and lots, so that whole properties are included. At the east end it adds the 1111-1119 West Grace Street rowhouses and aligns with the Fan Area Historic District. At the southwest it adds the 3100-3300 blocks of West Franklin Street, which continue the architectural fabric of Monument Avenue and frame the Maury Monument.","narrative":"This amendment adjusts the boundaries of the Monument Avenue Historic District in Richmond, Virginia, a district first listed in 1969. The district centers on a broad landscaped avenue with monumental sculpture and early-twentieth-century architecture, and includes the parallel West Grace Street and Park Avenue. Grand houses and apartment buildings on Monument Avenue reflect the homes of Richmond's elite from about 1900 to 1940, while rowhouses on the parallel streets reflect the middle-class residents of the same period. Two boundaries were drawn through buildings and lots. At the east end, the change adds five 1923 Colonial Revival rowhouses on West Grace Street and meets the Fan Area Historic District. At the southwest, it adds the 3100-3300 blocks of West Franklin Street, which run diagonally from the Maury Monument. Most buildings there are 1920s brick rowhouses with Colonial Revival, Craftsman and Tudor Revival details, with some apartments and duplexes. The amendment counts 775 contributing and 21 noncontributing resources.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architects named in the inventory include Wm. L. Bottomley, Duncan Lee, John Russell Pope, W. H. Ballou and H. L. Cain","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Craftsman, Queen Anne, Victorian Italianate, Neoclassical, Mediterranean and Spanish Colonial","criteria":[],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.506997-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/95/6830/41683095/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/90002098.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/41683095","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/richmond/monument-avenue-historic-district-boundary-increase-90002098/"}