Laburnum Park Historic District

Laburnum Park Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Virginia Landmarks Register
Laburnum Park Historic District, August 2012
Location	Westwood, Palmyra, Confederate, Wilmington, W. Laburnum Aves., Chatham, Gloucester and Lamont Sts., Richmond, Virginia
Coordinates
Area	116 acres (47 ha)
Built	1908 (1908)
Architect	Hallett, Marcus A. & Pratt, Roy G.; et al.
Architectural style	Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, et al.
NRHP Reference #	01001573
VLR #	127-5895
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	February 5, 2002
Designated VLR	February 5, 2002, March 15, 2006

The Laburnum Park Historic District is a national historic district located at Richmond, Virginia. The district encompasses 226 contributing buildings and 2 contributing structures located north of downtown Richmond. The primarily residential area developed starting in the early-20th century as one of the city’s early “streetcar suburbs” and as home to several important local institutions. The buildings are in a variety of popular early-20th century architectural styles including Queen Anne and Colonial Revival. It was developed as neighborhood of middle-to-upper-class, single-family dwellings. Notable buildings include the Laburnum House (1908), Richmond Memorial Hospital (1954-1957), Richmond Memorial Hospital Nursing School (1960-1961), "The Hermitage" (1911), Laburnum Court (1919), Presbyterian School for Christian Education (PSCE) and the Baptist Theological Seminary (1921-1967).

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.