FHNA Resources

As we move through the discovery and research phase of historic designation status, we’re discovering lots of information we’d like to share with neighborhood residents and history buffs. If you have additional information you’d like to share with us, please contact us and we’ll add it here.

Land Development Companies

The Forest Hill neighborhood was developed by several different development companies, including Forest Hill Development Corporation, Forest Hill Park Land Company, Riverside Park and Forest Hill Terrace. This hand colored map shows the original development boundaries and proposed district. [PDF download, 552k]

Historic Plats: this document contains original plats filed for the Forest Hill neighborhood development. [PDF download, 3.75MB]

History

Benjamin B. Weisiger, A Memoir. Stories of life in the Forest Hill neighborhood during its construction and development period. Shared with permission of the Weisiger family, all rights reserved. [PDF download, 4.71MB]

Published Sources: there are a number of significant published works that include history of the Forest Hill neighborhood, including:

• Benjamin B. Weisiger, III: Old Manchester & Its Environs, 1769-1910
• Francis Earle Lutz: Chesterfield, An Old Virginia County 1607-1954

Images

Topographic map showing the Richmond region and the Peninsula area dated 1864. Clicking on the thumbnail below will launch a new window with the larger image for your review. You can also click here to view the Map itself or the map Legend.