Brookland Park Boulevard is a main commercial and retail corridor running through the heart of Richmond’s North Side. The street begins at Six Points, an intersection which ties together the greater Highland Park and Chestnut Hill / Plateau areas. The two lane street is flanked by parallel parking spaces, sidewalks, and bus stops, the commercial …
Date: 1910 Address: 4308 Hermitage Road The large stone entrance gate at the intersection of Hermitage, Bellevue and Pope Avenues stands as a symbol of Richmond’s North Side, but also as a historical vestige of William Young’s 600 acre ‘Westbrook Estate’ in the late 1700s. The land was later subdivided, and purchased by Joseph Bryan, …
Ian Robertson, Various Others 1981 – Land acquired by Richmond City 1800 Lakeside Avenue Known as “Oughnum” to the Powhatans who used the land centuries ago for hunting, the area now known as Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden has passed through many hands, including those of Patrick Henry. Major Lewis Ginter purchased 10 acres in 1884 …
Architects: Charles H. Read, Jr.; The Glave Firm; and Glave & Holmes Architects Date: 1896 and additions and renovations Address: 3401 Brook Road, Richmond Travel along Brook Road through the Ginter Park neighborhood and you’ll unsuspectingly come upon Watts Hall. This glorious hulk of a building houses administrative offices, classrooms and a chapel at Union …