This turn-of-the-century residential neighborhood located in Richmond’s northside, Ginter Park Historic District, is characterized by wide boulevards running north and south and large residential lots. The institutional anchor located in the center of the neighborhood is Union Presbyterian Seminary, built in 1898. This easily walkable tour will feature homes in the immediate blocks north and south of it. Seminary Avenue offers a surprising variation of architectural styles, ranging from modest Queen Anne cottages to stately Colonial Revival mansions. Formal, tree-lined streets and sidewalks throughout the district were part of the initial community planning begun by Major Lewis Ginter in the 1890s. One of Richmond’s first streetcar suburbs, it was conceived and planned by this prominent Richmond industrialist and philanthropist of the late 19th century. Ginter made his fortune marketing pre-rolled, pre-packaged cigarettes and was co-founder of the American Tobacco Company. In the early 1890s, towards the end of his life, he turned his attention to community planning by purchasing several hundred acres of farmland in Henrico County north of Richmond and constructing Ginter Park.