John Tyler Building, a state office building, takes up an entire trapezoidal block. The shape is so irregular that Architecture Richmond comments it is “a site without a single right angle.” The site is also on a steep incline, so the building might be viewed as seven or 11 stories, depending on which corner you’re standing. The best view seems to be along South 13th Street; that view isolates the cylindrical corner tower and spire.
The building was previously known as the State Corporation Commission Building, SCC Building, for short.
- Name: John Tyler Building, State Corporation Commission Building
- Location: 1300 East Main Street
- Year Completed: 1991
- Architect: Odell and Associates
- Style: Postmodern
- Architecture Richmond: John Tyler Building
- SAH Archipedia: State Corporation Commission Building
- Google Map
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John Tyler Building
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John Tyler Building, Bank of America Center
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John Tyler Building, viewed along South 13th Street
All images copyright © Kenneth Grant / photos taken October 2019 with Canon 5D Mark iv
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