Ginter Park Explained

Ginter Park Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:June 17, 1986, December 17, 2009[1]
Designated Other1 Number:127-0201
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:Roughly bounded by North Ave., Moss Side and Hawthorne and Chamberlayne Aves., Brookland Park Blvd., and Brook Rd., Richmond, Virginia
Coordinates:37.5806°N -77.4472°W
Architecture:Colonial Revival, Builder's Vernacular
Added:September 22, 1986
Refnum:86002688

Ginter Park is a suburban neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia built on land owned and developed by Lewis Ginter. The neighborhood's first well known resident was newspaperman Joseph Bryan, who lived in Laburnum, first built in 1883 and later rebuilt.[2] In 1895, many acres of land north of Richmond were purchased by Ginter in order to develop into neighborhoods. Ginter Park and other neighborhoods were developed from this initial land purchase. In Ginter Park are Union Presbyterian Seminary and as well as Pollard Park.

Nearby are the Children's Hospital of Richmond[3] and John Marshall High School.

While the borders of North Side are not exact, nearby North Side neighborhoods include Barton Heights, Highland Park, Laburnum Park, Sherwood Park and Bellevue.

The Ginter Park Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. It encompasses 291 contributing buildings and 179 contributing structures.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 19 March 2013.
  2. Web site: Joseph Bryan. 11 March 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070311044244/http://www.friendsofbryanpark.org/joseph_bryan.htm. 16 October 2018. 2007-03-11.
  3. Web site: Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU. 24 September 2018.
  4. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Ginter Park Historic District . Douglas Harnsberger and Anne Thorn . February 1986 . Virginia Department of Historic Resources . and Accompanying photo and Accompanying map