Scott's Addition Historic District

The Scott's Addition Historic District is a national historic district located in Richmond, Virginia.

Scott's Addition Historic District
WTVR 6 Tower, July 2004
LocationRoughly bounded by Cutshaw Ave, Boulevard, and the Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac RR, Richmond, Virginia
Coordinates37°34′06″N 77°28′21″W
Area152 acres (62 ha)
Built1948 (1948)
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Classical Revival, Art Deco, et al.
NRHP reference No.05000896[1]
VLR No.127-6136
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 12, 2005
Designated VLRJune 1, 2005[2]

The district encompasses 284 buildings, 2 structure, and 2 objects that contribute to its historic nature, located in a largely commercial and industrial section of Richmond. It was developed after 1900, and includes representative examples of the Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, Exotic Revival[3] and Art Deco styles. Notable buildings include the Jones Motor Car Company (1926), the former Cadillac and LaSalle dealership (1928), The Hofheimer Building (1928),[3] Radio WMBG Broadcasting Station (1938), Boulevard Baptist Church (c. 1916), China-American Tobacco & Trading Company Warehouse (1920), National Biscuit Factory (Nabisco) (1923), G. F. O'Connell House (1920), State Planters Bank & Trust Company (1948), Chevrolet Parts Depot (General Motors Corporation) warehouse and training center (1929), Cavalier Arena Skating Rink (1940), the Binswanger Glass Factory (1946), Mid-Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling Company Inc. (1953), and the Seaboard Building (1956).[4] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]

Beer Boom

Virginia changed its blue laws to permit breweries to sell beer on site without offering food, and Scott's Addition became part of the "Virginia Beer Boom" in Richmond. Scott's Addition has been called the "booziest" neighborhood in Richmond, and is home to nine alcohol producers,[5] including breweries, cideries, a meadery, and a distillery, dubbed the Scott's Addition Beverage District[6]. In 2018, VinePair named Richmond the world's top beer destination for 2018.[7]

gollark: My generation is not really better for technical competence.
gollark: Almost as if they aren't actually affected by radio.
gollark: Weird, that.
gollark: So they went to complain... but were told it hadn't actually been turned on yet.
gollark: There was this funny story I read where some company was setting up a new phone tower, but after it was finished "electrosensitive" people complained about it.

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. Foretek, Jared (July 27, 2017). "Richmond Neighborhood Transformed with Historic Tax Credits". SavingPlaces.org. National Trust for Historic Preservation. Retrieved September 29, 2017.
  4. Kimberly M. Chen, Erika Schmelzer and Mary Porzio (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Scott's Addition Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo and Accompanying map
  5. Bryan, Alix (February 22, 2016). "The secret behind Scott's Addition, Richmond's booziest neighborhood". WTVR-TV. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
  6. "Scott's Addition Beverage District". www.facebook.com. Retrieved Feb 18, 2020.
  7. O'Connor, Michael (February 27, 2018). "Henrico exploring changes to regulations for breweries, short-term rentals". Richmond Times Dispatch. Retrieved February 28, 2018. The forthcoming ordinance amendments will take into account changes to the state code that have fueled Virginia’s beer boom: In 2012, Virginia made it legal for breweries to offer tastings and sell their beer on-site and allowed fledgling breweries to use the facilities of more established beverage makers...VinePair recently named Richmond the world’s top beer destination for 2018


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.