The Fan
The Fan is a district in Richmond, Virginia. It is named The Fan because of the way the roads fan out to the west from N. Belvidere St. It is easy to find a variety of boundaries that "define" the Fan, just ask a variety of Richmonders.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Photo: Bruce Emmerling, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Neighborhood with 13,600 residents
- Description: human settlement in Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
- Also known as: “Fan district” and “Fan District”
- Neighbors: Museum District
Places of Interest
Highlights include Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and Monument Avenue.
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Museum
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is an art museum in Richmond, Virginia, United States, which opened in 1936. The museum is owned and operated by the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Monument Avenue
Historic site
Photo: Mentes, Public domain.
Monument Avenue is a tree-lined grassy mall dividing the eastbound and westbound traffic in Richmond, Virginia, originally named for its emblematic complex of structures honoring those who fought for the Confederacy during the American Civil War.
Robinson House
Historic building
Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Robinson House, also known as The Grove, Main Building, and Fleming Hall, is a historic home located in Richmond, Virginia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Museum District and Downtown Richmond.
Museum District
The Museum District is a district in Richmond, Virginia. In 1993, after many years of work this neighborhood was recognized as a Federal and State Historic District.
Downtown Richmond
Photo: Bruce Emmerling, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Downtown district of Richmond includes the business district, Shockoe, Jackson Ward and Tobacco Row.
Randolph
Neighborhood
Randolph is a historically black middle class neighborhood located within the West End of Richmond, Virginia. The neighborhood is named in honor of Virginia E.
The Fan
- Categories: historic district and locality
- Location: Richmond, Central Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.55211° or 37° 33′ 8″ northLongitude
-77.4649° or 77° 27′ 54″ westPopulation
13,600Open location code
8794HG2P+R2OpenStreetMap ID
node 2588602117OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodWikidata ID
Q5433597
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Japanese—“The Fan” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Fan district”
- Italian: “The Fan”
- Japanese: “ファン歴史地区”
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Localities in the Area
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “The Fan”. Photo: Bruce Emmerling, CC BY-SA 4.0.