Sauer's Gardens is a neighborhood in the West End of Richmond, Virginia. The neighborhood began development in the 1920s, and now contains about 300 homes.[1]
Sauer's Gardens | |
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 The Sauer's Vanilla sign. | |
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| Coordinates: 37°34′18″N 77°29′04″W / 37.57169°N 77.48432°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| City | Richmond |
| Time zone | UTC−04:00 (Eastern Daylight Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−05:00 (Eastern Standard Time) |
| ZIP code | 23230 |
| Area code | 804 |
| ISO 3166 code | 1 |
History
editThe neighborhood was developed and named for Conrad Frederick Sauer, founder of the C. F. Sauer Company.
Development of the neighborhood began in the 1920s, and was originally focused around a large garden property, which included a fountain, lake and an "artificial mountain". The garden later went into disrepair and was torn down in the 1980s.[1]
Subdivisions
editSauer's Gardens is divided into the follow subdivisions: [2]
- Leonard Heights
- Monument Avenue Gardens
- Patterson Annex
References
edit- ^ a b Childers, Doug (12 April 2014). "Sauer's Garden: The garden's gone, but the neighborhood remains 'an exceptionally hot market'". Richmond Times Dispatch. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ "Richmond Neighborhoods/Subdivisions".
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