Three Chopt Road Historic District

Three Chopt Road in Richmond's Westhampton area is lined with large houses and three churches built between 1890 and 1950. The 1.3-mile corridor runs from Cary Street Road north to Bandy Road. It began as a colonial country road through farmland and changed after the Westhampton Park streetcar line opened in 1901, drawing wealthier Richmonders who wanted to leave the crowded city. Growth here followed no master plan. Houses went up singly or in small clusters on wooded lots from half an acre to two and a half acres, and the road still has few curbs or sidewalks. Architects designed most of the houses, producing a mix of Colonial Revival, Beaux Arts, Tudor Revival, Craftsman and other styles, some with gardens by landscape architects such as Charles Gillette. W. Duncan Lee designed many of them. The district also includes St. Stephen's Church and Green's Farm, both already listed, and a surviving stretch of the streetcar right-of-way. Its architecture and setting remain largely intact.