Ginter Park is a

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an neighborhood of

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built on land owned and developed by Lewis Ginter. The neighborhood's first well known resident was newspaperman Joseph Bryan, who lived in Laburnum, first built in 1883 and later rebuilt. In 1895, many acres of land north of Richmond were purchased by Ginter in order to develop into neighborhoods. Ginter Park and other neighborhoods were developed from this initial land purchase. In Ginter Park are Union Presbyterian Seminary and as well as

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. Nearby are the Children's Hospital of Richmond and John Marshall High School. While the borders of North Side are not exact, nearby North Side neighborhoods include Barton Heights, Highland Park,

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and Bellevue. The Ginter Park Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. It encompasses 291 contributing buildings and 179 contributing structures. an
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Ginter Park Civic Association
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Streetcar suburbs Neighborhoods in Richmond, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Richmond, Virginia {{RichmondCityVA-NRHP-stub