The Battery Court Historic District is a national

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located at

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. The district encompasses 549 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site (Battery Park) located north of downtown Richmond and west of

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and Brookland Park. The primarily residential area developed starting in the early-20th century as one of the city's early “

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s.” The buildings are in a variety of popular late-19th and early-20th century architectural styles including frame

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American Foursquare The American Foursquare or American Four Square is an American house style popular from the mid-1890s to the late 1930s. A reaction to the ornate and mass-produced elements of the Victorian architecture, Victorian and other Revival styles popul ...

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 archi ...

Tudor Revival Tudor Revival architecture (also known as mock Tudor in the UK) first manifested itself in domestic architecture in the United Kingdom in the latter half of the 19th century. Based on revival of aspects that were perceived as Tudor architecture ...

, and

Mission Revival The Mission Revival style was part of an architectural movement, beginning in the late 19th century, for the revival and reinterpretation of American colonial styles. Mission Revival drew inspiration from the late 18th and early 19th century ...

. Notable non-residential buildings include the Overbrook Presbyterian Church (now All Souls Presbyterian) and Battery Park Christian Church (now Mount Hermon Baptist). an
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It was added to the

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in 2003.

References

Streetcar suburbs Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Colonial Revival architecture in Virginia Tudor Revival architecture in Virginia Mission Revival architecture in Virginia Buildings and structures in Richmond, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Richmond, Virginia {{RichmondCityVA-NRHP-stub