Oakwood–Chimborazo Historic District
The Oakwood–Chimborazo Historic District is a national historic district of 434 acres located in Richmond, Virginia. It includes 1,284 contributing buildings, three contributing structures, five contributing objects and four contributing sites.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Historic site
- Description: human settlement in Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
- Also known as: “Oakwood-Chimborazo Historic District”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Robinson Theater and Chimborazo Medical Museum.
Robinson Theater
Theater building
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Robinson Theater is a theater building, which is situated 2,600 feet west of Oakwood–Chimborazo Historic District.
Chimborazo Medical Museum
Museum
Photo: Taber Andrew Bain, CC BY 2.0.
Chimborazo Medical Museum is situated 1 mile southwest of Oakwood–Chimborazo Historic District.
Nathaniel Bacon School
School building
Photo: Morgan Riley, CC BY 3.0.
Nathaniel Bacon School is a historic school building located in Richmond, Virginia. The structure was built in 1914 based on a design by Charles M. Robinson, supervising architect, and William L. Nathaniel Bacon School is situated 1,700 feet southwest of Oakwood–Chimborazo Historic District.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East End and Creighton Court.
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.
Creighton Court
Neighborhood
Creighton Court is a neighborhood in Richmond, Virginia's East End region. Creighton Court sits on the border between the City of Richmond and eastern Henrico County.
Church Hill
Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Oakwood–Chimborazo Historic District
- Categories: neighborhood, historic district, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Richmond, Central Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.53339° or 37° 32′ 0″ northLongitude
-77.39999° or 77° 24′ westOpen location code
8794GJM2+92OpenStreetMap ID
way 1520824561OpenStreetMap feature
historic=districtWikidata ID
Q7074281
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In Other Languages
“Oakwood–Chimborazo Historic District” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Oakwood-Chimborazo Historic District”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Swim RVA - Church Hill and Briel Street Playground.
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