{"nrhp_refnum":"99000071","name":"Lafayette Residence Park","other_names":["Lafayette","VDHR File #122-0826"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Tidewater Dr., Dupont C., Fontainbleau Crescent, La Salle Ave., Orleans C., and Lafayette R.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Norfolk (Independent City)","county":"Norfolk","state":"VA","lat":36.87681707850004,"lon":-76.26715450215843,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-01-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A planned early twentieth-century suburban residential district in Norfolk, Virginia, north of the Lafayette River, platted in 1902 and developed by the Lafayette Residence Park Company. It has about 284 contributing buildings, mostly houses.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district meets Criterion C for its large concentration of high-style architecture, along with plainer designs built as the market demanded. Early Colonial Revival and Queen Anne houses were followed by smaller Colonial Revival dwellings and Craftsman bungalows for middle-income residents. Its curvilinear streets, circles and small parks also remain largely consistent with the original design.","narrative":"Lafayette Residence Park is a planned suburb on the north bank of the Lafayette River in Norfolk, Virginia. It was platted in 1902 as a high-class residential community, with winding streets described as French in method, small parks at awkward intersections, and a streetcar line along Lafayette Boulevard. Growth was slow at first, with about eleven buildings by 1908. A revised plat that year created smaller lots, and construction accelerated before and after the First World War as middle-class residents arrived. The earliest houses are large Queen Anne and Colonial Revival dwellings with wrap-around porches and bracketed detailing. Later blocks hold modest Colonial Revival houses, Craftsman bungalows, twin dwellings, apartment buildings and two churches, along with a former grammar school designed by Vance Hebard. About 284 buildings contribute to the district. It was listed for its concentration of both high-style and simpler architecture, and for a layout that has avoided commercial or industrial intrusion.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Vance Hebard (Lafayette Grammar School); Benjamin F. Mitchell (Church of the Epiphany); most buildings by local builders and architects","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival, Queen Anne, Bungalow/Craftsman, Shingle Style, Gothic Revival, Classical Revival, Tudor Revival, Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival, Moderne","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still largely residential, with some single-family houses subdivided into apartments; renewed interest has led to renovation and restoration of many houses. Churches and a converted school building remain.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:01.153134-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/39/6821/41682139/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/99000071.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000071/7ef856247b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000071/7ef856247b-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lafayette_Residence_Park,_Bellevue_Avenue.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lafayette_Residence_Park,_Bellevue_Avenue.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682139","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafayette_Residence_Park","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16893877"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/norfolk/lafayette-residence-park-99000071/"}