National Register of Historic Places listings in Richmond, Virginia facts for kids

Location of Richmond in Virginia

Richmond, Virginia, is a city full of history! Many of its important buildings, neighborhoods, and places are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This is a special list kept by the United States government to protect places that are important to history, architecture, archaeology, engineering, or culture.

There are over 200 places in Richmond on this list. Some of them are even more special and are called National Historic Landmarks. These landmarks are recognized as being important to the history of the entire country! Let's explore some of these amazing historic spots in Richmond.

Exploring Richmond's Historic Gems

Agecroft Hall: A Piece of England in Virginia

Agecroft Hall, a historic English manor house in Richmond.

Imagine a house from England, built in the late 1400s, being taken apart brick by brick and moved across the ocean! That's the story of Agecroft Hall. It was originally in Lancashire, England, but was brought to Richmond in the 1920s and rebuilt. Today, it's a museum where you can learn about life in old England and see beautiful gardens.

The Bell Tower: A Landmark in Capitol Square

The historic Bell Tower in Capitol Square.

In the heart of Richmond's Capitol Square, you'll find the Bell Tower. This tall, elegant building was built in 1824. It was originally used to house a bell that would ring to announce legislative sessions (when laws were being made) and other important events. It's a beautiful reminder of the city's early days.

Byrd Theatre: A Grand Movie Palace

The Byrd Theatre, a classic movie palace.

Do you love going to the movies? The Byrd Theatre is not just any movie theater; it's a historic "movie palace" built in 1928. It's famous for its amazing architecture, fancy decorations, and a huge Wurlitzer organ that plays music before shows. It's like stepping back in time to the golden age of cinema!

Egyptian Building: An Ancient Design in a Modern City

The unique Egyptian Building.

The Egyptian Building is one of Richmond's most unique structures. Built in 1845, it looks like an ancient Egyptian temple! It was designed for the Medical Department of Hampden-Sydney College (now part of Virginia Commonwealth University). Its unusual style makes it stand out and shows how different architectural ideas have come to Richmond.

Hollywood Cemetery: Resting Place of Heroes

The pyramid monument at Hollywood Cemetery.

Hollywood Cemetery is a very important historic place. It's the final resting place for many famous people, including two U.S. Presidents, James Monroe and John Tyler, and Confederate President Jefferson Davis. It's also known for its beautiful landscape and monuments, like the large pyramid dedicated to Confederate soldiers. It's a place where you can learn a lot about American history.

The Jefferson Hotel: A Grand and Luxurious Stay

The grand Jefferson Hotel.

The Jefferson Hotel is one of Richmond's most famous and luxurious buildings. Opened in 1895, it's known for its stunning lobby, grand staircase, and beautiful architecture. It has hosted many important guests over the years and remains a symbol of Richmond's elegance and history.

John Marshall House: Home of a Legal Legend

The John Marshall House.

The John Marshall House was the home of John Marshall, one of the most important figures in American law. He was the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court for over 30 years, from 1801 to 1835. He helped shape the American legal system. His house, built in 1790, is now a museum where you can learn about his life and work.

Main Street Station: A Historic Train Hub

Main Street Station, a historic train station.

Main Street Station is a beautiful and historic train station that opened in 1901. It has a distinctive clock tower and was once a very busy place for travelers coming to and from Richmond. Even today, it serves as an important transportation hub and is a great example of early 20th-century architecture.

Maymont: A Victorian Estate with Gardens and Animals

The Maymont Mansion.

Maymont is a wonderful place to visit! It's a huge Victorian estate with a beautiful mansion, stunning gardens (like Japanese and Italian gardens), and even a wildlife park with animals. It was once the home of James and Sallie Dooley, who left it to the city of Richmond for everyone to enjoy. It's a perfect spot to explore nature and history.

St. John's Episcopal Church: Where Freedom's Call Rang Out

St. John's Episcopal Church.

St. John's Episcopal Church is one of the most important historical sites in Richmond. In 1775, during the American Revolution, Patrick Henry gave his famous "Give me liberty or give me death!" speech here. This speech helped inspire Virginians to fight for independence from Great Britain. The church is still active today and offers tours.

Tredegar Iron Works: A Key to American Industry

The historic Tredegar Iron Works.

The Tredegar Iron Works was one of the most important iron manufacturers in the United States, especially during the 19th century. It played a huge role in the American Civil War, producing cannons and other supplies for the Confederacy. Today, part of the site is home to the American Civil War Museum, where you can learn about its industrial past and its impact on history.

Virginia State Capitol: Designed by a President

The Virginia State Capitol building.

The Virginia State Capitol building is where Virginia's government meets to make laws. What's really cool is that it was designed by Thomas Jefferson, one of the Founding Fathers and the third U.S. President! He based its design on an ancient Roman temple. It's a beautiful and important building that represents the history of Virginia's government.

White House of the Confederacy: A Civil War Landmark

The White House of the Confederacy.

During the American Civil War, Richmond was the capital of the Confederate States of America. The White House of the Confederacy was the home of Confederate President Jefferson Davis and his family. Today, it's part of the American Civil War Museum and helps tell the story of this difficult period in American history.

Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site: A Pioneer's Home

The Maggie L. Walker House.

The Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site honors an amazing woman named Maggie L. Walker. She was a pioneer for African American women, becoming the first woman in the United States to found a bank! Her home is preserved as a museum, showing how she lived and worked to help her community. It's an inspiring place to learn about her achievements.

More Historic Places in Richmond

Richmond has many other historic places on the National Register. These include:

2900 Block Grove Avenue Historic District
The Almshouse
Armitage Manufacturing Company
Atlantic Motor Company
Nathaniel Bacon School
Baker Public School
Barret House
Barton Heights Cemeteries
Battery Court Historic District
William Beers House
Belgian Building
Belle Isle
Blair Tobacco Storage Warehouse Complex Historic District
Block 0-100 East Franklin Street Historic District
Blues Armory
Boulevard Historic District
Branch Building
Branch House
Broad Street Commercial Historic District
Broad Street Station
Brookland Park Historic District
Joseph Bryan Park
Byrd Park Court Historic District
William Byrd Hotel
William Byrd Park
Henry Coalter Cabell House
Henry Mansfield Cannon Memorial Chapel
Carillon Neighborhood Historic District
Carver Industrial Historic District
Carver Residential Historic District
Cary Street Park and Shop Center
John B. Cary School
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart
Centenary Church
Central National Bank
Chamberlayne Gardens
The Chesapeake Warehouses
Chestnut Hill-Plateau Historic District
Church Hill North Historic District
Church of the Sacred Heart
City Hall
The Coliseum-Duplex Envelope Company Building
Columbia
Commonwealth Club Historic District
Confederate Memorial Chapel
Crenshaw House
Crozet House
Decatur O. Davis House
Department of Public Utilities Howard (Overbrook) Road Facility
Donnan-Asher Iron-Front Building
English Village
Fairmount Historic District
Fairmount School
Fan Area Historic District
Fifth and Main Downtown Historic District
First African Baptist Church
First Baptist Church
First Battalion Virginia Volunteers Armory
First National Bank Building
Forest Hill Historic District
Forest Hill Park
Fourth Baptist Church
Fraternal Order of Eagles Building
Ginter Park Historic District
Ginter Park Terrace Historic District
Ellen Glasgow House
Gordon-Baughan-Warren House
Governor's Mansion
Grace Hospital
Grace Street Commercial Historic District
William H. Grant House
Elliott Grays Marker-Jefferson Davis Highway
Green's Farm (Huntley)
Hancock-Wirt-Caskie House
Hasker and Marcuse Factory
Bolling Haxall House
Hebrew Cemetery
Hermitage Road Historic District
Hermitage Road Warehouse Historic District
Highland Park Plaza Historic District
Highland Park Public School
Holly Lawn
Home For Confederate Women
Hunt-Sitterding House
Jackson Ward Historic District
James River and Kanawha Canal Historic District
Jerman House
John Rolfe Apartments
Kent Road Village
Kent-Valentine House
Laburnum Park Historic District
Laurel Meadow
Robert E. Lee Monument
Leigh Street Baptist Church
Benjamin Watkins Leigh House
Linden Row
Loews Theatre
Main Street Banking Historic District
Manchester Courthouse
Manchester Industrial Historic District
Manchester Residential and Commercial Historic District
Mason's Hall
Masonic Temple
Maury Street Marker, Jefferson Davis Highway
Monroe Park Historic District
Monroe Ward
James Monroe Tomb
Monument Avenue Historic District
Monumental Church
Moore's Auto Body and Paint Shop
Morson's Row
National Theater
New Pump-House
Ninth Street Office Building
North Court
Oakwood-Chimborazo Historic District
Old Stone House
Oregon Hill Historic District
Pace-King House
Pine Camp Tuberculosis Hospital
Planters National Bank
Putney Houses
Randolph School
Reveille
Rice House
Richmond Academy of Medicine
Richmond and Chesapeake Bay Railway Car Barn
Richmond Locomotive and Machine Works
Robinson House
Rockfalls
Ryland Hall
St. Alban's Hall
St. Andrew's Church
St. Catherine's School
St. Christopher's School
St. Luke Building
St. Paul's Church
St. Peter's Church
St. Sophia Home of the Little Sisters of the Poor
Scott House
Scott's Addition Historic District
Second Presbyterian Church
Shockoe Hill Cemetery
Shockoe Slip Historic District
Shockoe Valley and Tobacco Row Historic District
Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church
Southern Biscuit Company
Southern Stove Works
Southern Stove Works, Manchester
Springfield School
Springhill Historic District
Steamer Company Number 5
Stearns Iron-Front Building
Stewart-Lee House
Stonewall Jackson School
Taylor Farm
Taylor-Mayo House
Third Street Bethel A.M.E. Church
Thomas Jefferson High School
Three Chopt Road Historic District
E. M. Todd Company
Town of Barton Heights Historic District
Trinity Methodist Church
Tuckahoe Apartments
Two Hundred Block West Franklin Street Historic District
U.S. Post Office and Customhouse
Union Hill Historic District
Union Seminary
United Daughters of the Confederacy Memorial Building
Valentine Museum
Virginia Commission for the Blind
Virginia Department of Highways Building
Virginia House
Virginia Mutual Building
Virginia State Library
Virginia State Library-Oliver Hill Building
Virginia Union University
Virginia War Memorial Carillon
Virginia Washington Monument
The Virginia
Maggie L. Walker High School
George Washington Building
Weisiger-Carroll House
West Broad Street Commercial Historic District
West Broad Street Industrial and Commercial Historic District
West Franklin Street Historic District
West of Boulevard Historic District
Westbourne
John Whitworth House
Wicker Apartments
Charlotte Williams Memorial Hospital
Wilton
Joseph P. Winston House
Woodland Heights Historic District
Woodward House
Young Women's Christian Association

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2900 Block Grove Avenue Historic District
The Almshouse
Armitage Manufacturing Company
Atlantic Motor Company
Nathaniel Bacon School
Barret House
Barton Heights Cemeteries
Battery Court Historic District
William Beers House
Belgian Building
Belle Isle
Block 0-100 East Franklin Street Historic District
Blues Armory
Boulevard Historic District
Branch Building
Branch House
Broad Street Commercial Historic District
Brookland Park Historic District
Joseph Bryan Park
William Byrd Park
Henry Coalter Cabell House
Henry Mansfield Cannon Memorial Chapel
Carver Industrial Historic District
Carver Residential Historic District
Cary Street Park and Shop Center
John B. Cary School
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart
Centenary Church
Central National Bank
Chamberlayne Gardens
The Chesapeake Warehouses
Chestnut Hill-Plateau Historic District
Church Hill North Historic District
Church of the Sacred Heart
City Hall
The Coliseum-Duplex Envelope Company Building
Columbia
Commonwealth Club Historic District
Confederate Memorial Chapel
Crenshaw House
Crozet House
Decatur O. Davis House
Department of Public Utilities Howard (Overbrook) Road Facility
Donnan-Asher Iron-Front Building
English Village
Fairmount Historic District
Fairmount School
Fan Area Historic District
Fifth and Main Downtown Historic District
First African Baptist Church
First Baptist Church
First Battalion Virginia Volunteers Armory
First National Bank Building
Forest Hill Park
Fourth Baptist Church
Fraternal Order of Eagles Building
Ginter Park Historic District
Ginter Park Terrace Historic District
Ellen Glasgow House
Gordon-Baughan-Warren House
Governor's Mansion
Grace Hospital
Grace Street Commercial Historic District
William H. Grant House
Green's Farm (Huntley)
Hancock-Wirt-Caskie House
Hasker and Marcuse Factory
Bolling Haxall House
Hebrew Cemetery
Hermitage Road Historic District
Hermitage Road Warehouse Historic District
Highland Park Plaza Historic District
Highland Park Public School
Holly Lawn
Hollywood Cemetery
Home For Confederate Women
Hunt-Sitterding House
Jackson Ward Historic District
James River and Kanawha Canal Historic District
Jefferson Hotel
John Rolfe Apartments
Kent Road Village
Kent-Valentine House
Laburnum Park Historic District
Robert E. Lee Monument
Leigh Street Baptist Church
Benjamin Watkins Leigh House
Linden Row
Loews Theatre
Main Street Banking Historic District
Manchester Courthouse
Manchester Industrial Historic District
Manchester Residential and Commercial Historic District
Mason's Hall
Masonic Temple
Maury Street Marker, Jefferson Davis Highway
Maymont
Monroe Park Historic District
Monroe Ward
James Monroe Tomb
Monument Avenue Historic District
Monumental Church
Moore's Auto Body and Paint Shop
Morson's Row
National Theater
New Pump-House
Ninth Street Office Building
Oakwood-Chimborazo Historic District
Old Stone House
Oregon Hill Historic District
Pace-King House
Pine Camp Tuberculosis Hospital
Planters National Bank
Putney Houses
Randolph School
Reveille
Richmond Academy of Medicine
Richmond and Chesapeake Bay Railway Car Barn
Richmond Locomotive and Machine Works
Robinson House
St. Alban's Hall
St. Andrew's Church
St. Catherine's School
St. Christopher's School
St. John's Church Historic District
St. Luke Building
St. Paul's Church
St. Peter's Church
St. Sophia Home of the Little Sisters of the Poor
Scott House
Scott's Addition Historic District
Second Presbyterian Church
Shockoe Hill Cemetery
Shockoe Slip Historic District
Shockoe Valley and Tobacco Row Historic District
Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church
Southern Biscuit Company
Southern Stove Works
Southern Stove Works, Manchester
Springfield School
Springhill Historic District
Steamer Company Number 5
Stearns Iron-Front Building
Stewart-Lee House
Stonewall Jackson School
Taylor Farm
Taylor-Mayo House
Third Street Bethel A.M.E. Church
Thomas Jefferson High School
Three Chopt Road Historic District
E. M. Todd Company
Town of Barton Heights Historic District
Tredegar Iron Works
Trinity Methodist Church
Tuckahoe Apartments
Two Hundred Block West Franklin Street Historic District
U.S. Post Office and Customhouse
Union Hill Historic District
Union Seminary
United Daughters of the Confederacy Memorial Building
Valentine Museum
Virginia Department of Highways Building
Virginia House
Virginia Mutual Building
Virginia State Capitol
Virginia State Library
Virginia State Library-Oliver Hill Building
Virginia Union University
Virginia War Memorial Carillon
Virginia Washington Monument
The Virginia
Maggie L. Walker High School
Weisiger-Carroll House
West Broad Street Commercial Historic District
West Broad Street Industrial and Commercial Historic District
West Franklin Street Historic District
West of Boulevard Historic District
Westbourne
John Whitworth House
Charlotte Williams Memorial Hospital
Wilton
Joseph P. Winston House
Woodland Heights Historic District
Woodward House
Young Women's Christian Association

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