The District of fans is a large area of the city of Richmond, and is bounded by the Boulevard de Belvédère Street, Main Street, then to Broad Street – a look in the eye map and you ll see for yourself’ It is so important that many other areas of the city are actually swallowed or invaded by fans, also the tires of his moniker fan shape created by Monroe Park, located at the southern end of the region and whose routes fans “to create the western district’
When you’re on land, buildings and architecture provide a first appearance with many properties built before 1880 and after 1920 – the end of the Civil War and Richmond, the capital of the federal seat of a difference of Conduct the issues in building styles which can be viewed as special attention to the delicately designed facades, porches and distinction throughout the roof’
Is paid in advance when you visit the Fan District in May to navigate easily in the places and points of interest, without hesitation and delay’ Remember that some of the properties we offer here are private houses, but you can not enjoy them if some of them allow visitors’
Warsaw
Harvie & Main Street
Warsaw was known as St’ Sofia of the Sisters of the Poor and was built in Second Empire style in 1830 by William Anderson and was originally known as Warsaw’ After the Civil War, the building was purchased in 1820 and a much larger building was constructed, which was the structure we know today’ The economic boom and rising property speculators took over his record in the 1970s when the religious left and moved to the developers in transforming the building into condominiums today’
Stonewall Jackson School
1520 Main Street West
This is built in the style Italinate and a school was responding to a growth of Richmond and population growth’ Today you can access the building that now is a combination of office space with a restaurant’
Landmark Theater Richomnd Old Mosque
6 North Laurel Street
Today, the theater is the place of choice for Broadway shows and concerts, as well as providing a conference room using a variety of meeting rooms and a large ballroom, 18,000 square feet’ The capacity of 3500 the theater was purchased by the Acca Temple Mystic Shrine in 1940 and this DeMent elements implemented an exotic spread of exquisite interior decor mosaic tiles inside and outside the country, while the stunning centerpiece is just stunning 75′000 feet square dome is covered with gold leaf’
Fox Farm
2221 Grove Avenue
Built in Federal style, the property was originally operated as a dairy, when it was acquired in 1868 by John Fox – Fox quickly called the local company a strong if not in truth’ Charles Gillette, a famous landscape bought the property in 1923 and began to remodel the home production of the existing building and a fenced garden’ The property is now used as a private house and not open to visitors’
The properties that have shown in taking the true range under what is, prima facie, is homogeneous, the urban landscape’ Richmond was part of a capital, from its inception an important trading and commercial center and home to immigrants and cosmopolitan influences, culminating in a true style of the interesting properties which are individual and has its own story to tell’