Brookland Park Historic District

Brookland Park Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Virginia Landmarks Register
Brookland Park Historic District, January 2012
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Location	Roughly Griffin, Fendall, Hanes, Garland, North, Barton, Lamb, Cliff Aves., Norwood, Hooper, Essex, Brookland Park., Richmond, Virginia
Coordinates	37°34′58″N 77°26′51″W
Area	343 acres (139 ha)
Architectural style	Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements
MPS	Streetcar Suburbs in Northside Richmond MPS
NRHP reference No.	02000591[1]
VLR No.	127-5898
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	August 6, 2003
Designated VLR	September 30, 2001[2]

The Brookland Park Historic District is a national historic district located at Richmond, Virginia. The district encompasses 1,157 contributing buildings located north of downtown Richmond and Barton Heights.

Background

The primarily residential area developed starting in the late-19th century as one of the city's early “streetcar suburbs.” The buildings are in a variety of popular late-19th and early-20th century architectural styles including frame bungalows and American Foursquare. The neighborhood is characterized by frame dwellings with a single-story porch spanning the facade, and either Colonial Revival or Craftsman in style, moderate in scale, with understated materials and stylistic expression. Notable non-residential buildings include the North Side Branch building, Brookland Inn, former A&P Grocery Store, North Side Junior High School, Barack Obama Elementary School, St. Paul's School building (1923), St. Philip's Episcopal Church, First African Baptist Church (1922), and Garland Avenue Baptist Church.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
3. Kimberly Merkel Chen; Mary Harding Sadler; Peter MacDearmon Witt & Jean McRae (June 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Brookland Park Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2012. Retrieved January 11, 2014. and Accompanying photo Archived 2012-09-27 at the Wayback Machine and Accompanying map Archived 2014-01-11 at the Wayback Machine