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A noteworthy representative of Richmond’s late-19th-century townhouse architecture, the Hunt-Sitterding House gains interest from being the home of one of 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 Richmond’s Fan District, a signature historic neighborhood of the city today, where he designed and constructed at least 55 houses. With its Romanesque porch and its pointed roof tower, Hunt’s 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 for use as offices.
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Abbreviations:
VLR: Virginia Landmarks Register
NPS: National Park Service
NRHP: National Register of Historic Places
NHL: National Historic Landmark
Programs
DHR has secured permanent legal protection for over 700 historic places - including 15,000 acres of battlefield lands
DHR has erected 2,532 highway markers in every county and city across Virginia
DHR has registered more than 3,317 individual resources and 613 historic districts
DHR has engaged over 450 students in 3 highway marker contests
DHR has stimulated more than $4.2 billion dollars in private investments related to historic tax credit incentives, revitalizing communities of all sizes throughout Virginia
