Barton Heights is a
streetcar suburb neighborhood and former town in the Northside area of
Richmond, Virginia. The area was primarily developed between 1890 and the 1920s.
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History
Begun as an area of development in
Henrico County, Virginia in 1890 by James H. Barton, Barton Heights rapidly developed as the result of being linked via streetcar in 1894 across the deep ravine of the Bacon's Quarter branch of Shockoe Creek, which flows into the Shockoe Valley. The area incorporated as a town in 1896, and was annexed by the city of Richmond in 1914.
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The Town of Barton Heights Historic District encompasses 367 contributing buildings (305 main
buildings and 62 outbuildings). They are primarily spacious wood-frame houses, most built in the first quarter of the 20th century, and sited on 50-foot-wide lots. The houses are largely built in the Queen Anne or ]Colonial Revival
The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture.
The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the archit ...
style.[
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References
External links
Neighborhoods - Richmond (VA) website
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
Victorian architecture in Virginia
Houses completed in 1890
Neighborhoods in Richmond, Virginia
Streetcar suburbs
National Register of Historic Places in Richmond, Virginia
Houses in Richmond, Virginia
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