Advocacy
Mayo Bridge
October 2024 Update: The promised VDOT Citizen Information Meeting open house took place on September 17, 2024. Three concepts were displayed, all featuring four lanes of traffic. Staff spoke with…
Richmond Community Hospital Building
Status: Update: December 10, 2024 Want to learn more about Richmond Community Hospital and its place in Richmond history? Click here to read “A Tale of Two Hospitals.” Update: October 23,…
Blues Armory
Spring 2023 Update: The City of Richmond is in the midst of a solicitation process to select a development partner to purchase and redevelop approximately 9.4 acres of EDA-owned property…
William Fox School
Status: Update: February 2024 Last November, the School Board awarded a $30M contract to Gulf Seaboard General Contractors, Inc. and work has begun! They have started abatement and continue cleaning…
Thirteen Acres School
Status: Update: 2024 Thirteen Acres School: Preservation Virginia included Thirteen Acres School on their 2023 list of Most Endangered Places. Update: 2022 In our spring 2021 newsletter, we highlighted Thirteen…
Moore St School
Status: 2024 Update: Moore St School: Preservation Virginia included the Moore Street School on their 2023 list of Most Endangered Places. The MSSF is still in the process of trying…
Second Baptist Church: DEMOLITION ALERT!
Status: UPDATE 2/12/22 Richmond’s grassroots efforts continue, with a rally to save Richmond landmark Second Baptist Church today, at 3. Please share. https://www.instagram.com/p/CZ4UjraFxCs/ UPDATE 2/11/22 1:30 p.m. Historic Richmond learned last…
Westwood (McGuire Cottage)
Year Built: 1880s-1890s Architectural Style: Italianate Cottage Neighborhood: Sherwood Park Update: January 29, 2021 It is profoundly distressing that Union Presbyterian Seminary has demolished one of the oldest surviving structures…
Historic Brookbury Farm
Status: Update: 2024 Historic Brookbury Farm: Dovetail Cultural Resource Group is currently working on a nomination to the Virgnia Landmarks Registry and the National Register of Historic Places for this…
George Mason School
Our original Richmond@Risk website post, dated August 20, 2019, has been updated with additional information, research, findings, and photographs. Background Thanks to some super sleuths, it was noted that the…
801-815 West Cary Street
Update: Demolished. We are saddened to see an entire historic streetscape threatened with demolition. Five historic structures to be demolished, historic character torn, and the character of an important gateway…
Old Soldiers’ Home
Year Built: ca. 1885 Architectural Style: Victorian This charming house located at 2715 Broad Rock Boulevard was originally constructed in 1885 on the current site of the Virginia Museum of…
Westhampton School
Update: Bon Secours, VCU Health, and Thalhimer Realty Partners broke ground on the redevelopment of the Westhampton School property. The redevelopment of the 1917 school will eventually house 129 apartments,…
Richmond Garage at 6th and Franklin Streets
Year Built: 1927 Architectural Style: Art Deco District: Grace Street Commercial Historic District One of downtown Richmond’s significant historic and architectural resources – the Richmond Garage at 6th and…
1006 W. Franklin Street
Year Built: c. 1900 Architectural Style: Queen Anne with Georgian Revival porch District: West Franklin Street Historic District Historic Richmond has been monitoring 1006 W. Franklin Street for several years.…
1302 Floyd Avenue
Year Built: c. 1895 Architectural Style: Queen Anne with a Georgian Revival porch District: The Fan Historic Richmond has been monitoring continued deterioration of 1302 Floyd Avenue. The building had…
608 North 1st Street
Status: Year Built: c. 1900 Architectural Style: Italianate District: Jackson Ward Update: Restored. UPDATE: August 20: We are thrilled to announce that the City will be stabilizing this house!! August…
619 St. Peter Street
Year Built: c. 1900 – 1910 Architectural Style: Italianate District: Jackson Ward Historic Richmond has been monitoring this property for several years since the acquisition and rehabilitation of the Meredith House, 133 Jackson…
1913 and 1915 Grove Avenue
Year Built: 1914 Architectural Style: Colonial Revival Neighborhood: The Fan Historic Richmond is currently monitoring the two row houses owned by and adjacent to the Tabernacle Baptist Church. Both are…
Westbourne
Year Built: 1919 Architectural Style: Georgrian Revival District: Hampton Gardens Historic Richmond has been monitoring continued deterioration of Westbourne, at 330 Oak Lane. The building has been vacant since May 2011,…
508 St. James Street
Year Built: 1915 with a 20th century rear addition Architectural Style: Colonial Revival District: Jackson Ward Historic Richmond has been monitoring 508 St. James Street since it appeared on the…
The Blackwell House
Year Built: c. 1911 District: Blackwell Historic Richmond is monitoring 211 E. 18th Street in an effort to find an appropriate buyer who would take the time to restore the…