Richmond Grove Historic District Survey

In 2022, Preservation Sacramento secured the services of architectural historian Kara Brunzell to survey the Richmond Grove neighborhood, including portions of the Southside Park neighborhood, from approximately 10th to 19th Street, from S Street to W Street, for a potential historic district. Below are the results of the survey, as submitted to the City of Sacramento in 2023 for consideration as a historic district and several individual landmarks. We are presenting these documents for public review so people can see what was discovered and have an opportunity to provide feedback, corrections, critique, or support. These documents have been provided to the City of Sacramento’s Preservation Director for consideration of eligibility and potential listing as a district, but the city has not yet taken any action.

Below is the Richmond Grove historic context report—basically a brief history of the neighborhood explaining its development and establishing its significance as a district—and a second document that includes all of the DPR 523 forms (standard survey forms used for historic properties), one for each contributing building, within the district. The District DPR 523 form is a standard form explaining why the area is eligible as a historic district, including a list of contributing and non-contributing properties within the district. (Contributing properties are the surviving historic buildings in the district; non-contributing properties are buildings that are not eligible to be historic buildings due to insufficient age, lost integrity or no identifiable significance within the neighborhood context.) The map shows the boundaries of the district, with properties indicated as contributors (green), non-contributors (gray) or individually eligible properties (red) within the district. The boundary of the district is outlined in red.

• Richmond Grove Historic Context Report

• Richmond Grove District DPR 523 Form

• Richmond Grove Historic Context Report With All DPR Forms, Part 1 of 2

• Richmond Grove Historic Context Report With All DPR Forms, Part 2 of 2

• Contributor, Non-Contributor, and Individual Map

Below are individual NPS 10-900 forms for properties within Richmond Grove that are eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places, and DPR 523 forms for individual properties within the district that are eligible as landmarks in the Sacramento Register of Historic and Cultural Resources. Preservation Sacramento hopes to list all as individual Sacramento Register landmarks, and nominate the two National Register eligible properties under cover of the Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in California Multiple Property Document, and, when it becomes available, the African Americans in California Multiple Property Document, to the National Register of Historic Places.

• Lee House

• Women’s Civic Improvement Club

• 1400 U Street

• 1722 S Street

• 1830 V Street

• 1917 17th Street

• 1920 18th Street

• 2017 18th Street

• 2117 18th Street

• 2203 13th Street