RSS Feeds  Va. city suburb added to National Register  Saturday
- 11/30/2013, 9:21am  ET  COLONIAL HEIGHTS, Va. (AP) -- One of
the largest and earliest planned suburbs in Colonial Heights has
been added to the National Register of Historic Places.  The
National Park Service has listed the Chesterfield Highlands
Historic District on the register, the nation's official list of
important historic places.  Chesterfield Highlands began to take
shape in the early 20th century after the introduction of the
Richmond-Petersburg Interurban Railway. It resulted in the rapid
transformation from farmland to a suburb along the Appomattox
River's north banks.  Most of the early homes in Chesterfield
Highlands were influenced by the Craftsman movement. In the
decade after World War II, the district continued to grow with
modest houses inspired by popular post-war styles.