National Historic Landmark · Richmond (Independent City), Virginia

Tredegar Iron Works

Built 1837. Added to the National Register in 1971, and a National Historic Landmark.

National Historic LandmarkBuilt 1837Listed 1971
Tredegar Iron Works
Photos via Wikimedia Commons

The record

Property typeHistoric district
Address500 Tredegar St., Richmond (Independent City), VA
Independent cityCity of Richmond
ListedJul 2, 1971
Listed forIndustry, Military
Level of significanceNational
Reference number71001048
Built1837 · more from the 1830s
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark, Virginia Historic Landmark

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Address500 Tredegar St., Richmond (Independent City), VA
Also in Richmond (Independent City)230 listed places in Richmond (Independent City) → · walking tours →
A district listing covers the streets, not the doors. Walk it freely; the buildings inside are as private as they ever were.

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Guidebooks to historic places in Virginia

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  • Historical Tours Alexandria, Virginia
    Frederick Knops, 2017
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  • Plantations of Virginia
    Charlene C. Giannetti and Jai Williams, 2017
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  • George Washington's Virginia
    John R. Maass, 2017
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  • Historic Sites in Virginia's Northern Neck and Essex County
    Thomas A. Wolf, 2011
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Reference

Questions people ask

When was Tredegar Iron Works listed on the National Register?

Jul 2, 1971. It is also a National Historic Landmark, the higher of the two designations.

Source: National Park Service

When was Tredegar Iron Works built?

1837.

Source: Wikidata

Where is Tredegar Iron Works?

500 Tredegar St., Richmond (Independent City), City of Richmond, Virginia.

Source: National Park Service

Where is the nomination form for Tredegar Iron Works?

The National Archives holds the nomination form, the document that made the case for listing.

Source: National Archives

Sources

Name, location, type and dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet of listed properties, because the Park Service's spatial data does not carry this listing. No source has a map point for it. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 71001048. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The nomination form and photographs ↗ at NPGallery are the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service, and the form is often the best description of the place.