Forest Hill Historic District
The Forest Hill Historic District is a national historic district located at Richmond, Virginia. The district encompasses 1,106 contributing buildings and 5 contributing structures located south of downtown Richmond.Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: national historic district located at Richmond, Virginia
- Also known as: “Forest Hill”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Forest Hill Park and Maymont.
Forest Hill Park
Park
Photo: Eli Pousson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Forest Hill Park, known for its "Stone house" called Boscobel, is a historic 105-acre urban park in Richmond, Virginia. Starting as a private property, the park has had several owners and uses before its present one, the City of Richmond.
Maymont
Park
Photo: Packer1028, CC0.
Maymont is a 100-acre Victorian estate and public park in Richmond, Virginia. It contains Maymont Mansion, now a historic house museum, an arboretum, an Italian and Japanese garden, a carriage collection, native wildlife exhibits, a nature center, and a petting zoo.
Texas Beach Skate Park
Pitch
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Woodland Heights and Southside.
Woodland Heights
Neighborhood
Photo: Morgan Riley, CC BY 3.0.
Woodland Heights is a neighborhood in the city of Richmond, Virginia. It began as a trolleycar neighborhood in the early 1900s and was built up along the James River beside Forest Hill Park.
Southside
Photo: Bruce Emmerling, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Southside of Richmond is an area of the Metropolitan Statistical Area surrounding Richmond, Virginia. It generally includes all portions of the City of Richmond that lie south of the James River, and includes all of the former city of Manchester.
Carillon
Neighborhood
Photo: Quidster4040, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Carillon is a neighborhood in the West End of Richmond that is situated in between Virginia State Route 146 and 161. Adjacent to Maymont and Byrd Park, the middle-class neighborhood is home to the Dogwood Dell Amphitheater.
Forest Hill Historic District
- Categories: historic district and locality
- Location: Richmond, Central Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.52206° or 37° 31′ 19″ northLongitude
-77.48056° or 77° 28′ 50″ westOpen location code
8794GGC9+RQOpenStreetMap ID
node 3019501266OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodWikidata ID
Q16891344
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