National Register of Historic Places Registration Form

NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in National Register Bulletin, How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. If any item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. 1. Name of Property Historic name: Manchester Residential and Commercial Historic District 2018 Boundary Increase Other names/site number: DHR #127-0859_____________________________ Name of related multiple property listing: _______________N/A____________________________________________ (Enter "N/A" if property is not part of a multiple property listing ____________________________________________________________________________ 2. Location Street & number: _Along Semmes Avenue, Cowardin Street, and Jefferson Davis Highway City or town: _Richmond____ State: __VA____ County: _Independent City Not For Publication: N/A Vicinity: N/A ____________________________________________________________________________ 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this X nomination ___ request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property _X__ meets ___ does not meet the National Register Criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant at the following level(s) of significance: ___national ___statewide _X__local Applicable National Register Criteria: _X__A ___B _X__C ___D Signature of certifying official/Title: Date _Virginia Department of Historic Resources___________________________ State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register criteria. Signature of commenting official: Date Title : State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government 1 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Manchester Residential and Commercial Richmond, VA Historic District 2018 Boundary Increase Name of Property County and State ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. National Park Service Certification I hereby certify that this property is: entered in the National Register determined eligible for the National Register determined not eligible for the National Register removed from the National Register other (explain:) _____________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Signature of the Keeper Date of Action ____________________________________________________________________________ 5. Classification Ownership of Property (Check as many boxes as apply.) Private: x Public – Local x Public – State Public – Federal Category of Property (Check only one box.) Building(s) District x Site Structure Object Sections 1-6 page 2 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Manchester Residential and Commercial Richmond, VA Historic District 2018 Boundary Increase Name of Property County and State Number of Resources within Property (Do not include previously listed resources in the count) Contributing Noncontributing ___84_______ ____20______ buildings ____0________ _____0______ sites ____0________ _____0______ structures ____0________ _____0_______ objects ___84_______ ____20______ Total Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register ___0______ ____________________________________________________________________________ 6. Function or Use Historic Functions (Enter categories from instructions.) __DOMESTIC: Single Dwelling, Multiple Dwelling ___________ __COMMERCE: Business, Specialty Store, Restaurant, Warehouse, Auto Showroom, Service Station GOVERNMENT: Correctional Facility: Police Station EDUCATION: School RELIGION: Religious Facility: Church INDUSTRY/PROCESSING/EXTRACTION: Manufacturing Facility Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions.) __DOMESTIC: Single Dwelling, Multiple Dwelling ___________ __COMMERCE: Business, Specialty Store, Restaurant, Warehouse, Service Station EDUCATION: School RELIGION: Religious Facility: Church INDUSTRY/PROCESSING/EXTRACTION: Manufacturing Facility FUNERARY: Mortuary: Funeral Home Sections 1-6 page 3 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Manchester Residential and Commercial Richmond, VA Historic District 2018 Boundary Increase Name of Property County and State _____________________________________________________________________________ 7. Description Architectural Classification (Enter categories from instructions.) LATE VICTORIAN: Italianate LATE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY REVIVALS: Colonial Revival LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN MOVEMENTS: Craftsman, Commercial Style MODERN MOVEMENT: Art Deco, Moderne, Modernist, International Style Materials: (enter categories from instructions.) Principal exterior materials of the property: Wood: weatherboard, shingle, plywood Brick Concrete Metal Synthetics Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current physical appearance and condition of the property. Describe contributing and noncontributing resources if applicable. Begin with a summary paragraph that briefly describes the general characteristics of the property, such as its location, type, style, method of construction, setting, size, and significant features. Indicate whether the property has historic integrity.) ______________________________________________________________________________ Summary Paragraph The Manchester Residential and Commercial Historic District 2018 Boundary Increase consists of four separate sections (1 and 2 to the north and west; 3 to the southwest and 4 to the southeast of the existing district). Like the original district, these four areas were part of the original City of Manchester/Manchester Ward annexed by the City of Richmond in 1910 and 1914, and are inextricably connected to the development and history of Manchester. Both Section 1 to the north of the existing district and Section 2 to the west were platted with Manchester in the mid- nineteenth century, as was the smallest boundary increase area, Section 4. Section 1 includes a ca. 1953 complex of brick commercial buildings and a 1951 school, which Section 2 has an assortment of early to mid-twentieth century industrial buildings as well as one mid-twentieth century service station. Section 3 is the largest expansion area and is located roughly southwest of the original district. The portion of Section 3 north of Maury Street was platted with Manchester in the mid-nineteenth century, although most of the extant buildings were developed in the early twentieth century with sporadic earlier and later buildings. The portion of Section 3 south of Maury Street was platted by the Richmond & Manchester Land Company chartered in Section 7 page 4 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Manchester Residential and Commercial Richmond, VA Historic District 2018 Boundary Increase Name of Property County and State 1896 (n.a. 1896), however most development occurred following the annexation of Manchester by the City of Richmond, and continued through the mid-twentieth century. Section 3 contains a diverse assortment of residential and commercial properties that followed the development patterns found in the existing historic district. The commercial and industrial properties are generally located along Hull Street, Jefferson Davis Highway/Cowardin Avenue, and the parallel Atlantic Coast Line (A.C.L.) Railroad corridor roughly two blocks to the west. A handful of residential properties is located along Bainbridge Street in the blocks east and west of Cowarding Avenue, as well as a large, three-story commercial building constructed in 2005; the latter building is included in the expansion area in order to avoid creating a hole within the district boundaries. Section 4 contains a single property with a c. 1948, brick, two-story, industrial building with a poured concrete foundation. All of the existing district’s boundaries were examined to identify all appropriate areas for expanding the district. Since the Manchester Residential and Commercial Historic District originally was listed in 2002, its boundaries were expanded once in 2006 to include 12 properties. The Manchester Industrial Historic District (NRHP 2000) is located northeast of the Manchester Residential and Commercial Historic District; the former’s boundaries were increased in 2004 and 2012. The small Springhill Historic District (NRHP 2014) is northwest of the subject district. Immediately east of the subject district is the proposed Manchester Trucking and Commercial Historic District, while southeast of the existing district

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