Fairmount, Richmond

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Originally a trolley car suburb in the years just before the dawn of the 20th Century, the Fairmount neighborhood in Church Hill, Richmond, Virginia, is located just north of Union Hill. Much of the neighborhood was developed from the 1880s to the 1920s, and its buildings largely reflect Queen Anne-style architecture.

The process to get the neighborhood recognized as a state and national historic district is underway. About 700 buildings are expected to be surveyed as part of a yearlong process to prepare the nomination.