A VCU employee and resident shared this information:
Hello Everyone,
Of interest to fellow Oregon Hill residents might be our newly uploaded digital collection of an Architectural Survey. This collection includes both Jackson Ward and Oregon Hill. From the home page, “This collection contains data sheets that identify and evaluate over 600 structures located in Richmond’s Jackson Ward and Oregon Hill neighborhoods. The surveys were compiled by the City of Richmond’s Department of Planning and Community Development in the mid-1970s. The evaluations were intended to be used in preservation plans and for city planning as a whole. These data sheets predate the standard survey forms used in Virginia used since the 1980s”. To access the collection, visit the URL below, and click on the blue button, Browse Collection. Then you can choose to select Oregon Hill which has 277 images from photographs and survey forms. Have fun viewing the history of our neighborhood!
Its particularly exciting to see the old photos of active corner storefronts and the beautiful row houses that were demolished on the 700 blocks of S. Pine and and S. Laurel as well as the 900 blocks of Idlewood.