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Oakwood–Chimborazo Historic District

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NRHP Reference #
  
04001372

Designated VLR
  
September 8, 2004

Year built
  
1861

VLR #
  
127-0821

Area
  
176 ha

Added to NRHP
  
18 March 2005

Oakwood–Chimborazo Historic District

Location
  
Roughly N 30th-N 39th St., Chimborazo,Meldon,Oakwood,E Broad,Briel,E Clay,E Leigh,M,E Marshall,N,O,and P, Richmond, Virginia

Architect
  
Anderson, D. Wiley; et al.

Architectural style
  
Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements

The Oakwood–Chimborazo Historic District is a national historic district of 434 acres (176 ha) located in Richmond, Virginia. It includes 1,284 contributing buildings, three contributing structures, five contributing objects and four contributing sites. It includes work by architect D. Wiley Anderson. The predominantly residential area contains a significant collection of late-19th and early-20th century, brick and frame dwellings that display an eclectic mixture of Late Victorian, Queen Anne, and Colonial Revival styles.

It was listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register on September 8, 2004 and the National Register of Historic Places on March 18, 2005.

References

Oakwood–Chimborazo Historic District Wikipedia