Chandler Court and Pollard Park Historic District (Additional Documentation)
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The Chandler Court and Pollard Park Historic District is a pair of neighborhoods that form a national historic district located at Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. Mostly developed between 1922 and 1940, the neighborhoods reflect the evolution of middle-class suburban housing during that period. The houses represent a variety of interpretations of Colonial Revival styles, including Dutch Colonial Revival and Georgian Revival. The houses of Chandler Court more freely interpret historical precedents, while Pollard Park reflects the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg in more closely mirroring historical examples. The neighborhoods were initially planned by John Garland Pollard, a professor at the College of William & Mary who would later become the mayor of Williamsburg and then the governor of Virginia. Chandler Court was initially laid out between 1922 and 1924, while Pollard Park was laid out in 1930. Envisioned garden suburbs, the neighborhoods have housed several notable figures associated with the college, including the librarian Earl Gregg Swem, the historian Richard Lee Morton, and Pollard himself. Besides Pollard, several architects were involved in designing houses in the neighborhood, including the college's chief architectural planner, Charles M. Robinson. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1996. In 1996, the listing included 25 contributing buildings, two contributing sites, and one contributing structure deemed to contribute to the historic character of the area. Two additional structures, initially considered non-contributing to the historic district, were reassessed as contributing structures in 2020. In the same update to the NRHP, the district's period of historic importance – previously 1922 to 1940 – was expanded to 1968.
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Chandler Court and Pollard Park Historic District (Additional Documentation) was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 2, 1996.
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Chandler Court and Pollard Park Historic District (Additional Documentation) is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.
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