Ginter Park Terrace Historic District
Also known as: 127-5678
The pin is a point inside the NPS boundary polygon, not a surveyed location.
Why it's listed
Ginter Park Terrace is a streetcar suburb on Richmond's Northside, platted in 1913 beside the streetcar line and named for the adjacent Ginter Park neighborhood. The wedge-shaped tract is bounded by Ladies Mile Road, Edgewood Avenue and Brookland Park Boulevard. It holds about 297 resources: mostly single-family houses, with some duplexes, plus garages and Pollard Park, a small park at the western gateway. Most houses date from the 1910s to the 1930s and are modest, closely spaced dwellings on narrow tree-lined streets. The American Foursquare plan, often blended with Craftsman or Prairie details, is the most common design, with scattered Colonial Revival, Dutch Colonial, Tudor Revival and Mediterranean Revival examples. Full-width porches with battered columns on brick, stucco or wood piers are a defining feature. Exteriors include stucco, brick, wood siding and some aluminum siding. The district is listed as an intact example of early twentieth-century suburban housing in Richmond's Northside.
Significance in brief: The nomination presents the district as a well-preserved early twentieth-century streetcar suburb of mostly single-family homes. It shows the American Foursquare form combined with Craftsman, Colonial, Dutch Colonial, Mediterranean and Tudor Revival influences. The district also reflects the shift of middle-income families from urban row houses to detached suburban dwellings.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 04001292, listed December 4, 2004. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | 3000 blks of Hawthorne, Noble, Moss Side, Montrose and Edgewood Aves., Richmond (Independent City) |
|---|---|
| County | Richmond (city and county) |
| Listed | December 4, 2004 |
| Reference number | 04001292 |
| Resource type | District |
| Architectural style | Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals (Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Mediterranean Revival, Dutch Colonial); Bungalow/Craftsman; American Foursquare |
| Areas of significance | Architecture, Community Planning and Development, Transportation |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Still largely residential, with a few two-family and multi-family dwellings and two noncontributing businesses on the Brookland Park Boulevard edge. |
| Acreage | 38 |
| Coordinates | 37.57475, -77.43941 (NPS GIS) |
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.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 04001292.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- This listing as JSON
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