The Northside is an area composed of northern Richmond, Virginia and some parts of Henrico County, Virginia. The area is home to many diverse neighborhoods, especially early streetcar suburbs, including Barton Heights, Bellevue,

Ginter Park Ginter Park is a suburban neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia 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 rebui ...

, Washington Park, Hermitage Road, Highland Park, Sherwood Park, etc. These neighborhoods are made up of houses with a variety of architectural styles, which include Arts and Crafts Bungalows, Romanesque Revival, and Queen Anne houses among other styles.

Geographic boundaries

Northside encompasses those areas of the city that are both north and east of Interstate 95 and north and west of

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(which for a brief span merge through the urban heart of the city), as well as Bryan Park. The term "Northside" also broadly includes much of central

Henrico County Henrico County , officially the County of Henrico, is located in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 334,389 making it the fifth-most populous county in Virginia. Henrico County is incl ...

as a portion of the Richmond Metropolitan area, being an extension of the development within the (now-fixed) city limits. Communities outside the city limits in this area include the

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s of Chamberlayne,

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, East Highland Park, Glen Allen, Lakeside, and

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History and neighborhoods

Richmond's Northside is home to numerous neighborhoods listed as historic district including the Chestnut Hills-Plateau and Barton Heights neighborhoods. House in Highland Park Southern Tip

Richmond's North Side includes the suburbs of Ginter Park, Bellevue, and Laburnum Park, along with many other areas. Lewis Ginter is generally associated with North Side creation but he died in 1897 and wasn't there for neighborhood construction. The seminary remains the architectural core of the Union Presbyterian Seminary on Brook Road. The seminary, with its distinctive red-brick exterior, remains the architectural core of the city. Neighborhood construction started during the first decade of the 20th century with big houses on Seminary Avenue's 3,500 block. Work on Bellevue started by 1894 when Ginter's close business associate John Pope, who bought the property now comprising the community, designed the Bellevue Arch as an imposing and inviting gateway. Today this community stands strong as beacon of peace, prosperity and history. It is a wonderful community showing the true beauty of historic Richmond and what it has to offer.

Landmarks

Some notable commercial and civic attractions on the Northside are

Virginia Center Commons Virginia Center Commons (VCC) was an enclosed shopping mall located in Glen Allen, Virginia, near the state capital of Richmond. Built in 1991, Simon Property Group owned the mall until 2014 when it was split off to Washington Prime Group. In Ja ...

shopping mall, remnants of the

Azalea Mall Azaleas are flowering shrubs in the genus ''Rhododendron'', particularly the former sections '' Tsutsusi'' (evergreen) and '' Pentanthera'' (deciduous). Azaleas bloom in the spring (April and May in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, and Octo ...

Joseph Bryan Park Joseph Bryan Park, also known as Bryan Park, is a public park in the city of Richmond, Virginia. The park was a memorial to Joseph Bryan (1845–1908), the founder and publisher of the ''Richmond Times-Dispatch'' newspaper. It was given to the cit ...

Richmond Raceway Richmond Raceway (RR) is a , ''D''-shaped, asphalt race track located just outside Richmond, Virginia in unincorporated Henrico County. It hosts the NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series and the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Known as ...

(formerly the Strawberry Hill Fairgrounds), and

Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden is a , botanical garden in Henrico County, just outside of Richmond, Virginia. It features over a dozen themed gardens, a conservatory, library, and café. Regular daily admission is $17 for adults, $14 for seniors, $ ...

References

External links

Northside - Richmond (VA) websiteNorth Richmond News neighborhoods news blog
{{coord missing, Virginia “Historic, eclectic Bellevue is a Richmond neighborhood with personality” - Richmond Times Dispatch Neighborhoods in Richmond, Virginia