Church Hill in Richmond, Virginia, Richmond’s first neighborhood, is a historic district boasting antebellum homes and architectural styles like Greek Revival, Federal, Queen Anne, and Italianate, known for its cobblestone streets and gas streetlamp

The Church Hill neighborhood stands on the south hilltop looking back toward ‘downtown’ across the shockhoe valley. If you long to reside in a historic home, there are few older or more historic places in the united states. The area is the oldest neighborhood in Richmond and legend suggests its name originated when William Byrd ll stood in the area now known as Libby Hill park and saw how the view below resembled the view of Richmond on Thames in London, England. Most of the homes in this area are pre Civil-War and architecture consists of Colonial, Greek Revival, Italianate and Queen Anne. The city has restored more than 200 historic properties in the Church Hill area since 1983. Live here and you will enjoy evening strolls down charming tree lined streets illuminated by the area’s distinctive gaslights. As you stroll you will pass charming row housing and townhouses adorned with wrought iron, ornate wood porches, lavish scrollwork and facades of stone and brick.  The overlooks to the James river are mostly parklands allowing for a beautiful neighborhood experience with playgrounds and open spaces nearby.