Properties At Risk
Richmond Community Hospital Building
February 27, 2024 Richmond Community Hospital Building Virginia Union University 1209 Overbrook Road Richmond Community Hospital, also known as the Sarah Jones Memorial Hospital, was designed by Edward F. Sinnott…
Read MoreBlues 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…
Read MoreWilliam Fox School
Spring 2023 Update: We are pleased to report that Richmond Public Schools has received a state grant to help cover the costs of rebuilding Fox Elementary! Combined with the insurance…
Read MoreThirteen Acres School
Update: 2022 In our spring 2021 newsletter, we highlighted Thirteen Acres (c. 1885), one of the oldest surviving structures in the Hermitage Road Historic District. In January 2023, thanks to…
Read MoreMoore St School
In 2022, the Commonwealth of Virginia recognized the importance of saving this historic school in Carver with a $75,000 budget allocation. The state budget also created a new BIPOC Fund…
Read MoreSecond Baptist Church: DEMOLITION ALERT!
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 night…
Read MoreWestwood (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…
Read MoreHistoric Brookbury Farm
Brookbury Farm is one of those special, important and historic Places that connects us across time to the lives of many People – men, women, children – Black and white,…
Read MoreGeorge 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…
Read More801-815 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…
Read MoreOld 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…
Read MoreWesthampton 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,…
Read MoreRichmond 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…
Read More1006 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.…
Read More1302 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…
Read More608 North 1st Street
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 12:…
Read More619 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…
Read More1913 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…
Read MoreWestbourne
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,…
Read More508 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…
Read MoreThe 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…
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