Chamberlayne Gardens

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 Garden Apartments
  • VDHR#127-6182

From Wikipedia:

Chamberlayne Gardens

Chamberlayne Gardens is a historic garden apartment complex located on Richmond's North Side in Richmond, Virginia. Built in 1945–1946, it is the oldest surviving Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-insured apartment complex in Richmond and the largest of the FHA-funded apartments built in the city during the 1940s. The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007 as part of the Federal Housing Administration-Insured Garden Apartments in Richmond, Virginia Multiple Property Submission.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41678930