Sauer's Gardens

Coordinates: 37°30′55″N 77°24′50″W / 37.51528°N 77.41389°W / 37.51528; -77.41389
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Sauer's Garden
The Sauer's Vanilla sign.
The Sauer's Vanilla sign.
Coordinates: 37°30′55″N 77°24′50″W / 37.51528°N 77.41389°W / 37.51528; -77.41389
CountryUnited States
StateVirginia
CityRichmond
Time zoneUTC−04:00 (Eastern Daylight Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−05:00 (Eastern Standard Time)
ZIP code
23230
Area code804
ISO 3166 code1

Sauer's Garden 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 Garden is divided into the follow subdivisions: [2]

  • Leonard Heights
  • Monument Avenue Gardens
  • Patterson Annex

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Richmond Neighborhoods/Subdivisions".