Mosby Court

Mosby Court
Mosby Court in 2009
General information
Location	East End, Richmond, Virginia, US
Coordinates	37°32′37″N77°25′16″W / 37.543625°N 77.420998°W / 37.543625; -77.420998
Population	10,000 (2022)
No. of units	458
Construction
Constructed	1962–1970
Refurbished	2022
Other information
Famous residents	StaySolidRocky

Mosby Court is a housing project and neighborhood in Richmond, Virginia. The neighborhood is named Mosby, while the housing project is named Mosby Court.

Location

Mosby Court is located in the East End quadrant of Richmond, Virginia. Adjacent to the Richmond City Jail, Mosby Court is primarily served by Coalter Street, which accesses the community North 18th Street (U.S. Route 360). Directly south of the neighborhood is Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School. ^[1]

History

Mosby Court was first built between 1962 and 1970, and contains 458 units. ^[1] The neighborhood is named after Benjamin Mosby, a 19th-century land developer. ^[2]

As of 2022, Mosby Court has approximately 10,000 residents. In 2022, the city of Richmond redeveloped the housing projects, where they demolished the six largest housing units, replacing them with mixed-income units. ^{[3] [4]}

Notable residents

• StaySolidRocky (born 2001), rapper

See also

• Neighborhoods of Richmond, Virginia

References

1. "PHOTOS: Richmond's Mosby Court through the years". Richmond Times-Dispatch . May 31, 2015. Archived from the original on March 17, 2024.
2. "The history of Richmond's housing projects". WTVR-TV . May 27, 2017.
3. Miles, Angie (March 24, 2022). "Richmond set to redevelop its public housing neighborhoods, raising old questions". VPM Media Corporation .
4. Lazarus, Jeremy M. (October 21, 2021). "RRHA board begins process to redevelop Mosby Court South". Richmond Free Press .