Carver Industrial Historic District

Carver Industrial Historic District

Carver Industrial Historic District, December 2011
Location Marshall, Lombardy, Clay, and Harrison Sts., Richmond, Virginia
Coordinates 37°33′15″N 77°27′11″W / 37.55417°N 77.45306°W / 37.55417; -77.45306Coordinates: 37°33′15″N 77°27′11″W / 37.55417°N 77.45306°W / 37.55417; -77.45306
Area 23.3 acres (9.4 ha)
Architectural style Queen Anne, Romanesque, et al.
NRHP Reference # 00000559[1]
VLR # 127-5812
Significant dates
Added to NRHP May 26, 2000
Designated VLR June 16, 1999[2]

The Carver Industrial Historic District is a national historic district located at Carver, Richmond, Virginia. The district encompasses 13 contributing buildings located west of downtown Richmond. The industrial area developed between 1890 and 1930, along the tracks of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad. The buildings are in a variety of popular 19th century and early 20th century architectural styles including Queen Anne and Romanesque.

Notable buildings include the Peter Stumpf Brewing Company or the Home Brewery (1891), Baughman Stationery Company (1903), Consumers' Ice Company building (1906), American Tobacco Company warehouse (1906), Eagle Paper Company building (1912), Export Leaf Tobacco Company factory (1915), Haines, Jones and Cadbury Company (1926), Saunders Oil Company building (c. 1930), and the Virginia Railroad and Power Company substation (1915).[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. Kimberly M. Chen (January 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Carver Industrial Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo and Accompanying map Archived August 13, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.


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