4301-4313 and 4315-4327 Chamberlayne Ave. and 4800-4818 Old Brook Rd., Richmond (Independent City), Virginia. County/parish: Richmond.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 02, 2007. NRIS 07000390.
Part of Federal Housing Administration-Insured Garden Apartments in Richmond, Virginia MPS (NRIS 64500977).
52 contributing buildings.Also known as:
Chamberlayne Gardens is a historic apartment complex located in Richmond, Virginia. The complex was built in 1945–1946, and consists of 52 Colonial Revival style brick buildings, attached in 16 groups. They have four building plans, are two to three stories in height and contain a total of 216 one- and two-bedroom apartments. The buildings alternate in either red or buff-colored brick, and have either a gabled slate roof (most common) or a flat roof with parapet ends capped with the original tile. The complex was designed by Norfolk architect Bernard Betzig Spigel and built under the auspices of the Federal Housing Administration.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41678930