The Fan

Average Sales Price

$779,763

Total Listings

One of Richmond’s most iconic neighborhoods.

If Richmond has a postcard, The Fan is on it. Tree-lined streets, century-old rowhouses with painted front doors and stained glass transoms, wide front porches built for slow Sunday mornings — this is the neighborhood that defines the city’s historic character. It’s also one of the most walkable, most lived-in feeling places in Richmond.

The architecture is the headline. Most homes here were built between the 1890s and 1920s, and you’ll see everything from grand Italianate rowhouses to brick Greek Revivals to the occasional Queen Anne with a turret. Many have been beautifully restored; others are still works in progress, which is part of what keeps the neighborhood feeling real instead of museum-like.

Day-to-day, life in The Fan revolves around the corner. Coffee at Lamplighter or Brewer’s Cafe, dinner along Main Street, weekend strolls through Monroe Park or down to the river. VCU sits right at the eastern edge, and the surrounding streets carry a steady mix of longtime residents, students, and newcomers. Public schools are part of Richmond Public Schools.

The combination of walkability, character, and central location is genuinely hard to replicate anywhere else in the metro. If a 1910 rowhouse with original heart pine floors and a tiny garden is your dream, this is the search.

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3D

Price Dropped by $30K

$ 1,495,000

3 Beds4 Baths3,643 SqFt

2405 Floyd AVE, Richmond, VA 23220

Single Family Home

Listed by EXP Realty, LLC
1/50 50

Active

$ 270,000

2 Beds2 Baths1,082 SqFt

1333 W Broad ST #U302, Richmond, VA 23220

Condo

Listed by EXP Realty LLC
3D

Open 7/26 12PM-3PM

$ 695,000

3 Beds4 Baths1,855 SqFt

2317 Apple ALY, Richmond, VA 23220

Townhouse

Listed by Samson Properties