Sauer's Gardens
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Neighborhood in Richmond, Virginia, United States
Neighborhood of Richmond in Virginia, United States
Sauer's Gardens | |
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| The Sauer's Vanilla sign. The Sauer's Vanilla sign. | |
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| Coordinates: 37°34′18′′N 77°29′04′′W / 37.57169°N 77.48432°W / 37.57169; -77.48432 | |
| 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 |
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]
History
[edit ]The 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
[edit ]Sauer'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".
