{"nrhp_refnum":"93001123","name":"Moore's Auto Body and Paint Shop","other_names":["Standard Gas and Oil Supply Station","127-834","See Also: Broad"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"401 W Broad St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond (Independent City)","county":"Richmond (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.54765730500003,"lon":-77.44584762699998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1993-10-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story Spanish Colonial Revival commercial building at 401 West Broad Street in Richmond, Virginia, at the corner of West Broad and Monroe streets. An 1870s brick stable was incorporated into a larger structure built in 1926 as a gas station.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant for its architecture, as an intact example of 1920s Spanish Colonial Revival design, and for its link to transportation history. It shows the shift from horse-drawn vehicles to automobiles, moving from stable to auto garage to gas station and repair shop. It has had automotive uses continuously since 1926.","narrative":"Located at the corner of West Broad and Monroe streets in downtown Richmond, this one-story brick building began as a stable built around 1875 for a local doctor. By 1924 the stable had become a small auto garage. In 1926 a new owner hired the Richmond architectural firm Lee, Smith, and VanderVoort to expand it with offices and a second garage. The result was a Spanish Colonial Revival design with a curved, stuccoed north facade, a blind arcade of wooden arches, decorative pilasters, lantern-style light fixtures and a terra cotta tile false roof. The building first served as a Standard Gas and Oil Supply station until 1936, then housed various auto repair businesses, and has operated as an auto body and paint shop since 1971. Its listing rests on its well-preserved 1920s exterior and on its history showing the change from horse transportation to the automobile, with continuous automotive use since 1926.","period_of_significance":"1875-1926","architect_builder":"Lee, Smith, and VanderVoort","architectural_style":"Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Exterior described as in good condition and retaining integrity from 1926; still used as an auto body and paint shop. Interior renovated in 1976.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:01.157205-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/73/6831/41683173/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/93001123.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93001123/1bca2b6d31-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93001123/1bca2b6d31-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Crazyale","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moore%27s_Auto.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:Moore%27s_Auto.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/41683173","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore%27s_Auto_Body_and_Paint_Shop","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16895373"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/richmond/moores-auto-body-and-paint-shop-93001123/"}