Point Richmond Historic District, Historic district in Richmond, United States.

Point Richmond Historic District is a neighborhood in Richmond with Victorian and Craftsman-style buildings, most dating from the early 1900s. The preserved commercial buildings form a compact, connected block with characteristic architectural details from that era.

The district emerged in the 1890s when the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railway purchased land and Pacific Coast Oil Company established operations there. These early industrial settlements laid the foundation for its development as the city's center.

The neighborhood served as Richmond's original heart, and people still use the narrow streets today like a real community center. Residents and shopkeepers have maintained the places where the community gathered and went about daily life.

The district is reached from Interstate 580, Richmond Parkway, Macdonald Avenue and Cutting Boulevard. AC Transit route 72M MacDonald links it with the Richmond BART and Amtrak station; Golden Gate Transit routes 40 and 42 run from that station to Marin County, route 40 serving del Norte Station. The city's Convention and Visitors Bureau provides maps for self-guided walking tours of the historic zone.

The district's boundaries were drawn around 57 acres taken up by the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railway in the late 1890s, land the Santa Fe Railroad bought once the line was finished. Pacific Coast Oil Company, later Standard Oil and today Chevron, bought adjacent land and built a refinery, and those two projects brought the first residents.