Main Photo: The National Theater. Taken from the archives of Historic Richmond Foundation. (photo by Richard C. Cheek)
Easements
Architectural Easements and First Rights of Refusal are two tools that preservationists use to continue the legacy of a culture’s built environment.
An architectural easement is a legal agreement between Historic Richmond Foundation and the owner of a historic property to preserve the character, materials and treatments of the historic structure while allowing the homeowner to retain the essential interest in the property.
A first right of refusal is a legal agreement between Historic Richmond Foundation and a historic homeowner that gives HRF the right to purchase a house if, in the future, the structure becomes available for sale.
HRF holds many architectural easements and first rights of refusal, the combination and depth to which vary according to the specific structure and the desire of the original grantor (the owner).
HRF holds an easement & first right of refusal on the following properties:
- 312 N 23rd Street
- 310 N 25th Street
- 417 N 25th Street
- 318 N 27th Street
- 318 1/2 N 27th Street
- 403 N 27th Street
- 405 N 27th Street
- 407 N 27th Street
- 407 N 27th Street
- 418 N 27th Street
- 420 N 27th Street
- 501 N 27th Street
- 501-501 1/2 N 28th Street
- 312 N 29th Street
- 314 N 29th Street
- 2601 E Broad Street
- 2603 E Broad Street
- 2605 E Broad Street
- 2607 E Broad Street
- 2609 E Broad Street
- 2611 E Broad Street
- 2613 E Broad Street
- 2808 E Broad Street
- 3312 E Broad Street
- 412 S Cherry Street
- 2703 E Clay Street
- 2801 E Clay Street
- 2802 E Clay Street
- 2600 E Franklin Street
- 2602 E Franklin Street
- 2608 E Franklin Street
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- 2610 E Franklin Street
- 2617 E Franklin Street
- 2700 E Franklin Street
- 2701 E Franklin Street
- 2407 E Grace Street
- 2500 E Grace Street
- 2503 E Grace Street
- 2515 E Grace Street
- 2614 E Grace Street
- 2701 E Grace Street
- 2702 E Grace Street
- 2703 E Grace Street
- 2707 E Grace Street
- 2715 E Grace Street
- 2810 E Grace Street
- 2820 E Grace Street
- 2501-2503 E Grace Street
- 2616-1618 E Grace Street
- 2700 Kensington Avenue
- 2605 E Leigh Street
- 2607 E Leigh Street
- 2609 E Leigh Street
- 2609 E Leigh Street
- 2614 E Leigh Street
- 2708 E Leigh Street
- 2710 E Leigh Street
- 2608 M Street
- 2610 M Street
- 2800 E Marshall Street
- 308 W Marshall Street
- 3017 Williamsburg Avenue
- 5600 Kildare Drive
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HRF holds a first right of refusal on the following properties:
- 701 N 23rd Street
- 705 N 23rd Street
- 711 N 23rd Street
- 518 N 24th Street
- 904 N 24th Street
- 906 N 24th Street
- 609 N 25th Street
- 623 N 26th Street
- 625 N 26th Street
- 509 N 27th Street
- 511 N 27th Street
- 513 N 27th Street
- 600 N 27th Street
- 601 N 27th Street
- 601 N 27th Street
- 603 N 27th Street
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- 635 N 27th Street
- 700 N 27th Street
- 701 N 27th Street
- 602 N 27th Street
- 523 N 28th Street
- 515 N Adams Street
- 716, 718, 720 E Broad
- 700 E Broad Street
- 702 E Broad Street
- 704 E Broad Street
- 706 E Broad Street
- 708 E Broad Street
- 710 E Broad Street
- 707 E Franklin Street
- 809 Mosby Street
- 504 N 22nd Street
- 133 West Jackson Street
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HRF holds only architectural easements on the following properties:
- 101 N 18th Street
- 211 N 18th Street
- 222 N 32nd Street
- 2215 E Broad Street
- 2305 E Broad Street
- 2307 E Broad Street
- 2309 E Broad Street
- 2315 E Broad Street
- 2300-2302 E Broad Street
- 2209 W Broad Street
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- 136 W Clay Street
- 138 W Clay Street
- 209 W Franklin Street
- 201-203 W Franklin Street
- 2209 E Grace Street
- 2300 E Grace Street
- 2316 E Grace Street
- 2403 E Grace Street
- 1001 E Main Street
- 2115 M Street
- 100-112 E Franklin Street
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A note to HRF Easement and First Right of Refusal Homeowners:
As an easement or first right of refusal homeowner, the primary objective for Historic Richmond Foundation's vested interest in your property is to ensure its preservation as well as to eliminate the threat of future demolition. When you are in the process of selling your home, please make your realtor aware of Historic Richmond Foundation’s easement or first right of refusal. Upon execution of the contract of sale, please forward a copy to the HRF Preservation Team at 4 East Main Street, Suite 1C, Richmond, Virginia 23219. Upon review and approval of the contract, we will waive our first right in writing in order for you to proceed with the sale.
If you have any questions regarding this process, please do not hesitate to contact the Historic Richmond Foundation’s Preservation Team at 804.643.7407.
Thank you again for being a part of the Richmond legacy of preserving its architectural heritage.
