Sauer's Gardens

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Sauer's Garden
Sauer's Vanilla Sign.jpg
The Sauer's Vanilla sign.
Coordinates: 37°30′55″N77°24′50″W / 37.51528°N 77.41389°W / 37.51528; -77.41389
Country United States
State Virginia
City Richmond
Time zone UTC−04:00 (Eastern Daylight Time)
  Summer (DST) UTC−05:00 (Eastern Standard Time)
ZIP code
23230
Area code 804
ISO 3166 code 1

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]

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History

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

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

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References

  1. 1 2 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".