Monument Avenue Historic District (Boundary Increase)

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.