[4] The district encompasses 284 buildings, 2 structures, and 2 objects that contribute to its historic nature, located in a largely commercial and industrial section of Richmond.

Notable buildings include the Jones Motor Car Company (1926), the former Cadillac and LaSalle dealership (1928), The Hofheimer Building (1928),[6] Radio WMBG Broadcasting Station (1938), Boulevard Baptist Church (c. 1916), China-American Tobacco & Trading Company Warehouse (1920), National Biscuit Factory (Nabisco) (1923), G. F. O'Connell House (1920), State Planters Bank & Trust Company (1948), Chevrolet Parts Depot (General Motors Corporation) warehouse and training center (1929), Cavalier Arena Skating Rink (1940), the Binswanger Glass Factory (1946), Mid-Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling Company Inc. (1953), and the Seaboard Building (1956).

Scott's Addition has been called the "booziest" neighborhood in Richmond, and is home to nine alcohol producers,[8] including breweries, cideries, a meadery, and a distillery, dubbed the Scott's Addition Beverage District.

Scott's Addition continues to attract young professionals to the area, and the real estate market is building apartments to fit the uptick in interest.

[13] Five parcels were acquired on North Arthur Ashe Boulevard to build a mixed use 300-unit apartment complex an estimated finish in August 2024.