The Fan

The Fan is a district in , . 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.
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  • Type: Neighborhood with 13,600 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Fan District”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and Monument Avenue.

Museum
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The is an art museum in , United States, which opened in 1936. The museum is owned and operated by the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Historic site
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is a tree-lined grassy mall dividing the eastbound and westbound traffic in , originally named for its emblematic complex of structures honoring those who fought for the Confederacy during the American Civil War.

Heritage site
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in , was designed in 1916 by the firm of John Russell Pope as a private residence of financier John Kerr Branch and his wife Beulah Gould Branch.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Museum District and Downtown Richmond.

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The is a district in , . In 1993, after many years of work this neighborhood was recognized as a Federal and State Historic District.

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The Downtown district of includes the business district, Shockoe, Jackson Ward and Tobacco Row.

Neighborhood
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is a historically black middle class neighborhood located within the of . The neighborhood is named in honor of Virginia E.

The Fan

Latitude
37.55211° or 37° 33′ 8″ north
Longitude
-77.4649° or 77° 27′ 54″ west
Population
13,600
Open location code
8794HG2P+R2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2588602117
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Wiki­data 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: “The Fan”
  • Italian: “The Fan”
  • Japanese: “ファン歴史地区”

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