The Fan

Average Sales Price

$761,680

Total Listings

Walk Score

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.

LISTINGS

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1/27 27

Open Sat 12PM-2PM

$ 315,000

2 Beds1 Bath708 SqFt

501 N Arthur Ashe BLVD #U4, Richmond, VA 23220

Condo

Listed by Liz Moore & Associates
1/34 34

Open Fri 10AM-12PM

$ 699,950

3 Beds2 Baths2,056 SqFt

2028 W Main ST, Richmond, VA 23220

Single Family Home

Listed by CapCenter
1/57 57

Open Sun 2PM-4PM

$ 1,150,000

4 Beds4 Baths3,867 SqFt

1214 Park AVE, Richmond, VA 23220

Single Family Home

Listed by Keller Williams Realty