Fifth and Main Downtown Historic District
The Fifth and Main Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located in downtown Richmond, Virginia. The district encompasses 38 contributing buildings and 1 contributing object located south of the Grace Street Commercial Historic District.Photo: Crazyale, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Historic site
- Description: historic district in Richmond, Virginia, USA
- Also known as: “Fifth and Main Street Downtown Historic District”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Young Women’s Christian Association and Barret House.
Young Women’s Christian Association
Public building
Photo: Morgan Riley, CC BY 3.0.
Young Women's Christian Association is a historic YWCA building in Richmond, Virginia. It was built in 1913–1914, and is a three-story, five-bay, brick and stone Renaissance Revival-style building.
Barret House
Heritage site
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The William Barret House, located at 15 South 5th Street, Richmond, Virginia, is a mid-19th-century house, and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1972. Barret House is situated 330 feet southwest of Fifth and Main Downtown Historic District.
Second Presbyterian Church
Church
Photo: Crazyale, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Second Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located at 5 N. 5th Street in Richmond, Virginia. It was designed by architect Minard Lafever and was built in 1848.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Monroe Ward and Downtown Richmond.
Monroe Ward
Neighborhood
Photo: Jhw57, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Monroe Ward is a historic neighborhood in Downtown Richmond. It is east of the Fan district and includes several apartment buildings, usually with VCU students living in them.
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.
Shockoe Slip
Neighborhood
Photo: Morgan Riley, CC BY 3.0.
Shockoe Slip is a district in the downtown area of Richmond, Virginia. The name "slip" referred to a narrow passageway leading from Main Street to where goods were loaded and unloaded from the former James River and Kanawha Canal.
Fifth and Main Downtown Historic District
- Categories: historic district, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Richmond, Central Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.54037° or 37° 32′ 25″ northLongitude
-77.4399° or 77° 26′ 24″ westOpen location code
8794GHR6+42OpenStreetMap ID
way 1521091956OpenStreetMap feature
historic=districtWikidata ID
Q16891296
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hancock–Wirt–Caskie House and The Virginia.
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