901 Floyd Ave
Richmond, VA, USA

  • Architectural Style: Queen Anne
  • Bathroom: N/A
  • Year Built: 1891
  • National Register of Historic Places: Yes
  • Square Feet: N/A
  • National Register of Historic Places Date: Sep 12, 2008
  • Neighborhood: N/A
  • National Register of Historic Places Area of Significance: Architecture
  • Bedrooms: N/A
  • Architectural Style: Queen Anne
  • Year Built: 1891
  • Square Feet: N/A
  • Bedrooms: N/A
  • Bathroom: N/A
  • Neighborhood: N/A
  • National Register of Historic Places: Yes
  • National Register of Historic Places Date: Sep 12, 2008
  • National Register of Historic Places Area of Significance: Architecture
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National Register of Historic Places - Hunt-Sitterding House (Sitterding House; Gilbert Hunt House; 127-0202-0001)

Statement of Significant: A noteworthy representative of Richmond's late 19th-century town house architecture, the Hunt-Sitterding house gains interest from being the home of one Richmond's prominent builder/architects. Completed in 1891, the house was designed and built by Gilbert J. Hunt, Jr. to serve as his residence and office. Hunt is best remembered as a leading developer of the Fan District, a signature historic neighborhood of the city. Hunt designed and constructed some fifty- five Fan District houses; around forty are still standing. With its Romanesque porch and its pointed roof tower, Hunt's Floyd Avenue home is a demonstration of the freely interpreted historicism that characterized many American urban dwellings of the 1890s. The house combines elements of the Queen Anne and Romanesque Revival styles. Richmond realtor Frederick Sitterding, Jr. purchased the property from the Hunt estate in 1922. Virginia Commonwealth University acquired the house in 1975 and now uses it for offices. Justification of Criterion The property is eligible under Criterion C as a distinctive example of late 19th-century upper-middle-class urban domestic architecture combining various historical references into an original and visually conspicuous design, and its association with Gilbert J. Hunt, Jr. a prominent architect/builder/developer whose many works contributed to the architectural character of the city of Richmond.

National Register of Historic Places - Hunt-Sitterding House (Sitterding House; Gilbert Hunt House; 127-0202-0001)

Statement of Significant: A noteworthy representative of Richmond's late 19th-century town house architecture, the Hunt-Sitterding house gains interest from being the home of one Richmond's prominent builder/architects. Completed in 1891, the house was designed and built by Gilbert J. Hunt, Jr. to serve as his residence and office. Hunt is best remembered as a leading developer of the Fan District, a signature historic neighborhood of the city. Hunt designed and constructed some fifty- five Fan District houses; around forty are still standing. With its Romanesque porch and its pointed roof tower, Hunt's Floyd Avenue home is a demonstration of the freely interpreted historicism that characterized many American urban dwellings of the 1890s. The house combines elements of the Queen Anne and Romanesque Revival styles. Richmond realtor Frederick Sitterding, Jr. purchased the property from the Hunt estate in 1922. Virginia Commonwealth University acquired the house in 1975 and now uses it for offices. Justification of Criterion The property is eligible under Criterion C as a distinctive example of late 19th-century upper-middle-class urban domestic architecture combining various historical references into an original and visually conspicuous design, and its association with Gilbert J. Hunt, Jr. a prominent architect/builder/developer whose many works contributed to the architectural character of the city of Richmond.

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