Comments on: The Fairmount Historic District

By: Fan of the Fan

Fan of the Fan — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:06:56 +0000

[...] The Fairmount Historic District [...]

By: Paula Magnani Smith

Paula Magnani Smith — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 18:48:17 +0000

Maybe you can help. Any ideas on an old Restaurant called The Victory Restaurant in this general vicinity? Off old (1923) Richmond Petersburg Turnpike. Thanks, Paula.

By: The Union Hill Historic District ‹ Church Hill People's News

The Union Hill Historic District ‹ Church Hill People's News — Sat, 14 May 2011 12:19:00 +0000

[...] the late 1930s and early 1940s. Union Hill and adjacent neighborhoods underwent both an economic and a demographic transformation. While always a working class [...]

By: Church Hill People's News » Looking for a worthwhile project? - Richmond, Virginia

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:49:04 +0000

[...] Beautiful Folk Victorian, in Historic Fairmount in Church Hill, is available and waiting for the right person to bring her back to life. It was [...]

By: PTG

PTG — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:49:09 +0000

There are plans in the works for some renovations on Fairmount, so it could be a possibility soon.

By: Nikolia

Nikolia — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:38:10 +0000

Beautiful history! We hope to live in the district some day.

By: clint

clint — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:29:14 +0000

John- interesting article. The first picture is my grand-parents home at 1909 Fairmount Ave. They moved into the home around 1917 and the home remained in the family until the 1960′s. My mother and uncle enjoyed the article – as they took a visit on memory lane. My grand-father J E Reynolds was the City Harbormaster. Thanks for the visit back to the neighborhood that I enjoyed in the ’40′s and 50′s.

By: Cadeho

Cadeho — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:56:22 +0000

Good job John. I’m glad there’s a district. The boundaries of the town did not extend too far past V st when County Road and Brauer’s Lane used to connect. The house at 1614 N 21. has always baffled me. I haven’t seen it on any maps if it’s that old. Maybe I can re-examin the maps. However, that house was on the outskirts of Fairmount. Where Crenshaw’s is and the two blocks up 22nd St between X and Fairfield… I wanted to study that more. They’re built on Peter Paul’s land but not a part of the subdivision as they predate it. There’s a lot I’m going to have to research… but this helps me a bit too. Fairmount Baptist moved to a building on Mechanicsville Turnpike at Springdale, just north of Henrico Plaza. Mt. Tabor moved from Woodville as Fairfield Court destroyed the original church.

By: ann

ann — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:36:03 +0000

Wonderful, John.