127-0814 Fairmount Historic District

For additional information, read the Nomination Form PDF

VLR Listing Date 12/05/2007

NRHP Listing Date 02/19/2008

NRHP Reference Number 08000075

The Fairmount Historic District is a residential neighborhood in the city of Richmond containing buildings primarily built between 1900 and 1925, though some were constructed as late as 1946. Houses were built individually and in groups, while arranged to approximate long, uniform street walls. Architecturally as a whole, it is a good example of the urban design typical of quickly developed late-19th-century suburban towns. The district began as a real estate development in 1890, one of several attempts to create new suburban areas outside Richmond’s city limits. It was incorporated as a town from 1902 to 1906, when it was annexed by the city of Richmond. One of the city’s streetcar lines was built through Fairmount, though it had closed by 1930. Unlike the other suburban developments of the time that were built on the city’s north side such as Ginter Park, Highland Park, and Chestnut Hill, the Fairmount neighborhood was constructed at the crest of the hill on the city’s far east end. It eventually came to be viewed as an extension of the better known Church Hill neighborhood.

Many properties listed in the registers are private dwellings and are not open to the public, however many are visible from the public right-of-way. Please be respectful of owner privacy.

Abbreviations:
VLR: Virginia Landmarks Register
NPS: National Park Service
NRHP: National Register of Historic Places
NHL: National Historic Landmark

Updated: July 7, 2021