Fairmount

Originally a trolley car suburb in the years just before the dawn of the 20th century, the Fairmount neighborhood in Church Hill, Richmond, Virginia, is located just north of Union Hill.

Photo: Jmurden, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Type: Neighborhood
Description: neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
Also known as: “Fairmount, Richmond, Virginia”

Places of Interest

Highlights include East End Branch Library and Fairmount School.

Fairmount School

School building

Photo: Morgan Riley, CC BY 3.0.

Fairmount School, which became known as Helen Dickinson School from 1925 until 1958 and is now the Fairmount House, is a historic school building located in Richmond, Virginia.

Robinson Theater

Theater building

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Robinson Theater is a theater building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Union Hill and Shed Town.

Union Hill

Neighborhood

Photo: Morgan Riley, CC BY 3.0.

Union Hill is a historic district of Richmond, Virginia. According to the Richmond Times Dispatch, the neighborhood "generally is bordered on the south by East Marshall Street and Jefferson Avenue, on the west by Mosby Street, on the north by O and Carrington…

Shed Town

Neighborhood

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Shed Town is a neighborhood in the East End that overlaps Church Hill and Union Hill, Richmond, Virginia.

Church Hill

Quarter

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Church Hill, encompassing the St. John's Church Historic District, is a neighborhood in Richmond, Virginia. This district encompasses the original land plat of the city of Richmond.

Fairmount

Categories: historic district and locality
Location: Richmond, Central Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.54181° or 37° 32′ 31″ north

Longitude

-77.41353° or 77° 24′ 49″ west

Open location code

8794GHRP+PH

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3019501260

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

Wikidata ID

Q5430621

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to German—“Fairmount” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Fairmount”
German: “Fairmount”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mount Tabor Baptist Church and Tenth Street Baptist Church.

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