Two Hundred Block West Franklin Street Historic District
The National Park Service has not published a boundary polygon for this district; the map shows the listed properties inside it and the district's reference point.
Why it's listed
Eight nineteenth-century houses line the 200 block of West Franklin Street in Richmond, in a buffer zone between the downtown business district and the Fan District. Built from the early 1800s to the 1890s, they show a wide run of styles, including Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate, Eastlake and Beaux-Arts. Most follow the side-passage, double-pile town house plan used in urban dwellings for centuries. Notable examples include the mansard-roofed Ida Schoolcraft House with its ornate cast-iron fence, the early Cole Diggs House with Colonial Revival interiors, the Price House, which later served as part of Tucker's Hospital, and the Carter-Mayo House, designed by Carrère and Hastings soon after 1893. The T. Seddon Bruce House, built about 1882-1885, has fine Eastlake woodwork. The block survives intact apart from one demolished corner building and is considered the finest group of buildings left in the area, though new high-rise construction nearby threatens its setting.
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| Styles | Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne-Eastlake, Colonial Revival and Beaux-Arts |
|---|---|
| Areas of significance | Architecture, Social History |
| Acreage | 3 |
| Boundary source | not published |
| Full listing page | Two Hundred Block West Franklin Street Historic District (property record) |
What listing means for this property
This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.