Westover Hills at Mid-Century, 1940-1960
By John Coski
The two decades following the 1942 annexation of Westover Hills into the City of Richmond saw the establishment of neighborhood institutions that we know today. But first there was a world war to be fought and won – and Westover Hills residents did their part.
A Century of Tweaks: Westover Hills as a Work in Progress
by John M. Coski
In December 1948, the Westover Hills Corporation informed the State Corporation Commission that it was “ready to liquidate its assets because it has sold most of its ‘more desirable building sites,’” and petitioned to transfer its assets to its subsidiary, the Boulevard Bridge Corporation. Westover Hills was, for all intents and purposes, “complete.”