Preservation Advocacy
Weigh In On Richmond’s Cultural Heritage Stewardship Plan
CULTURAL HERITAGE STEWARDSHIP PLAN UPDATE The Cultural Heritage Stewardship Plan was approved by the Planning Commission on Tuesday, November 18, 2025 with a few minor changes. The Plan will next…
West Hospital
Status: December, 2024 West Hospital Virginia Commonwealth University 1200 E Broad St. Historic West Hospital is an architectural landmark along East Broad Street. Designed by Baskervill & Son and built…
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…
Pocahontas Building
Status: Pocahontas Building Update: 7/17/24 The Pocahontas Building, which temporarily housed the General Assembly during the recent construction of its new building, consists of two structures-the West Tower, originally constructed…
Holly Maxson Grant Awarded to Historic Richmond
We are pleased to announce that Historic Richmond has been awarded a Holly Maxson Conservation Grant from the Foundation for Advancement in Conservation. Awarded every two years, the grants are…
Historic Richmond Façade Grant Pilot Program – Phase II
Historic Richmond is excited to announce that we are offering a second phase of our Façade Grant Pilot Program! This program is designed to keep the neighborhood in the neighborhood…
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,…
Shockoe
Status: Update: 2024 The Plan was adopted by the Planning Commission in November 2023 and approved by City Council in February 2024. The plan includes four big moves that should…
Building Trades & Workforce Development
We see one of the most significant threats to our historic neighborhoods also as one of our community’s biggest opportunities. Every day, we hear from owners of historic properties seeking…
Jackson Ward Comment Letter
Status: Richmond’s Jackson Ward neighborhood is one of the nation’s most important centers of Black culture. Jackson Ward’s geographic boundaries are generally considered to be Broad Street to the south,…
Secretary of Interior Standards Comment Letter
The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, an independent federal agency responsible for promoting the preservation, enhancement, and sustainable use of our nation’s diverse historic resources, recently invited public feedback regarding…
Blues Armory
Blues Armory Year Built: Circa 1910 Architectural Style: Castellated District: Court End/Downtown Richmond was once home to five civic armories, built over a 30-year period beginning in the 1880s during…
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…
2023 Golden Hammer Awards
The Golden Hammer Awards were started in 2000 with a goal of honoring excellence in neighborhood revitalization projects throughout Greater Richmond. Historic Richmond and Storefront for Community Design partnered for…
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…
Historic Richmond’s Lectures Are Online!
Our Lectures Are Online! Our 2023 Lectures focus on raising awareness and support for the value of preservation as it affects quality of life and protection of historic assets in…
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…
Historic Richmond Façade Grant Program
Historic Richmond Façade Grant Pilot Program Historic Richmond Façade Grant Pilot Program This program is designed to keep the neighborhood in the neighborhood by helping property owners living and working…
Monumental Church Ramp & Exterior Coating Project Updates!
Project Overview: Completed in 1814, Monumental Church, a National Historic Landmark, was designed by the first native-born architect Robert Mills. It is a civic space built by a community devastated…
Guides of Richmond Architecture, Places, and Historic Districts
Guides At Historic Richmond, we enhance discussions on zoning, historic architecture, adaptive reuse, and more with occasional guides you might find useful. Many of these guides supplement a Quoit Club…
Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground
June 11, 2022 Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground Historic Marker Unveiling On June 11, 2022 the public gathered at 1305 N 5th Street for the Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground…
Life Inside a Slave House
Thank you to all who attended Life Inside a Slave House, and special thanks to our sponsors, Dominion Energy and TCV Trust & Wealth Management. We were grateful for the…
Richmond Land Bank Transfers Lots to The JXN Project
The Richmond Land Bank of the Maggie L. Walker Community Land Trust is transferring lots to The JXN Project, helping Jackson Ward develop a cultural heritage site that includes a rebuilt Skipwith-Roper…
Historic Second Baptist Church. Process Matters.
Historic Richmond learned last night that the City of Richmond has changed its position and plans to issue a demolition permit for the historic Second Baptist Church. Since we first…
Press Conference TODAY at 1:30 p.m.
Please join us for a PRESS CONFERENCE AT 1:30 AT FRANKLIN AND FOUSHEE STREETS! We have just learned that the City of Richmond has changed its position and plans to…
General Assembly Advocacy: Act Now!
Act Now! As February begins, the General Assembly is hard at work on a number of preservation-related bills and budget items. Several of these items relate directly to Historic Richmond’s…
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…
The History and Documentation of Slave Housing in Virginia
Thank you to all the participants who made Historic Richmond’s presentation, “The History and Documentation of Slave Housing in Virginia” such a success. We were grateful for the knowledge our…
Historic Richmond Brown Bag Lunch: A Virtual Walk Around Shockoe
Historic Richmond Brown Bag Lunch: A Virtual Walk Around Shockoe Shockoe is the valley where Richmond began. It is not only Richmond’s oldest neighborhood, but also has Richmond’s oldest surviving…
Do you know of historic resources in South Richmond?
We need your help to identify historic resources like buildings, neighborhoods, cemeteries and other places in South Richmond! Historic Richmond is excited to be working with the Department of Historic…
Help Richmond’s Parks!
Help Richmond’s Parks! We join the Friends of the James River Park and other parks groups in asking for your vote for Richmond’s Parks. As part of the American Rescue…
Fulton Gas Works
Update: 2021 In April 2021, Historic Richmond submitted a comment letter to the City of Richmond on the proposed demolition of the Gasometer and surviving buildings at Fulton Gas Works.…
Ingredients for Success: People, Places & Preservation
Click here to watch now! A look at several of Richmond’s most important historic preservation projects from landmark civic structures to its most humble neighborhoods. What did we do right?…
Preservation and Sustainability
Click Here To Watch Now! A Panel discussion with Quinn Evans Architects and the University of Richmond about the tie between preservation and sustainability. We will explore what that…
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…
The Power of Preservation for People and Places – Pump House
Status: We are excited to be partnering with the Friends of the Pump House and the City of Richmond Department of Parks and Recreation to develop preservation solutions for the…
Historic 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,…
This Old House: A DIY Guide to Researching your Historic Home
Watch now! Click here! Little is known of the early history of Brookbury Farm, an antebellum agricultural plantation and one of the oldest houses in the City of Richmond. Most…
Historic Brookbury Farm to be Auctioned
Historic Brookbury Farm is currently scheduled to be auctioned by Motleys on August 19, 2020. Historic Richmond hopes to see the property purchased by a preservation-minded buyer. Brookbury is one…
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…
Gateway Corridor Revitalization- UPDATE!
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”48″ gal_title=”SBH update”] Earlier this year we announced the details of our new partnership with project:HOMES and the City of Richmond to rehabilitate three historic homes for affordable housing…
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…
ACTION NEEDED NOW!
YOUR ACTION NEEDED NOW! The National Register of Historic Places saves historic places. The National Park Service (NPS) recently proposed a number of troubling changes to the rules relating to…