Chimborazo Park Old and Historic District
Chimborazo Park Old and Historic District is a historic site in Richmond, Central Virginia, Virginia. Chimborazo Park Old and Historic District is situated nearby to Chimborazo Medical Museum, as well as near East Grace Street.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chimborazo Medical Museum and Church Hill Tunnel.
Chimborazo Medical Museum
Museum
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Chimborazo Medical Museum is situated 540 feet west of Chimborazo Park Old and Historic District.
Church Hill Tunnel
Archaeological site
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Church Hill Tunnel is an old Chesapeake and Ohio Railway tunnel, built in the early 1870s, which extends approximately 4,000 feet under the Church Hill district of Richmond, Virginia, United States. Church Hill Tunnel is situated 1,300 feet west of Chimborazo Park Old and Historic District.
Armitage Manufacturing Company
Heritage site
Photo: Crazyale, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Armitage Manufacturing Company, also known as Fibre Board Container Company, is a historic factory building located in Richmond, Virginia. The original section was built in 1900, and is a two-story, brick building; a third story was added in 1924. Armitage Manufacturing Company is situated 1,500 feet west of Chimborazo Park Old and Historic District.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Church Hill and East End.
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.
East End
Photo: Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
East End is a district in Richmond, Virginia. This includes historic neighborhoods in Richmond such as Church Hill, Fairmount, and Union Hill, more modern developments such as Fulton, Powhatan Hill, Fulton Hill, and Montrose Heights, and public housing communities such as Fairfield Court, Creighton Court, Whitcomb Court, and Mosby Court.
Shockoe Bottom
Neighborhood
Shockoe Bottom, historically known as Shockoe Valley, is an area in Richmond, Virginia, just east of downtown, along the James River. Located between Shockoe Hill and Church Hill, Shockoe Bottom contains much of the land included in Colonel William Mayo's 1737 plan of Richmond, making it one of the city's oldest neighborhoods.
Chimborazo Park Old and Historic District
- Type: Historic site
- Description: Chimborazo Park is the easternmost Old and Historic District in the City. Taking its name from a park created by the city in 1874 on river bluff land occupied by Chimborazo Hospital (the largest Confederate hospital) and the Morris Brewery.
- Categories: City of Richmond Old and Historic District, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Richmond, Central Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.52637° or 37° 31′ 35″ northLongitude
-77.41043° or 77° 24′ 38″ westOpen location code
8794GHGQ+GROpenStreetMap ID
way 1457937300OpenStreetMap feature
historic=districtWikidata ID
Q137363658
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include East Grace Street and Mount Carmel Baptist Church.
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