Morgan Fountain, centerpiece of Shockoe Slip Plaza and Shockoe Slip Historic District, was donated by Charles S. Morgan “In memory of one who loved animals.” The fountain’s lower basin was intended as a watering trough for horses. It was constructed at a time when horses still transported people and goods. Name: Morgan Fountain Location: Shockoe […]
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Miller & Rhoads was a preeminent Richmond department store for a century, 1885-1990. The four-story East Broad Street building was added in 1922, expanding the Grace Street building. The then-Italian palazzo style addition was remodeled in 1933-1935 to Art Deco. The landmark department store closed in 1990 and was vacant until 2010, when it was
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UR Downtown occupies the former Franklin Federal Savings and Loan Building on the NW corner of East Broad Street and North 7th Street. The International style building was added to the Grace Street Commercial Historic District in 2009. It’s a modest, but attractive limestone and granite building just across North 7th Street from the landmark
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Altria Center for Research and Technology is the largest tenant in the Virginia BioTechnology Research Park, a 34-acre hub for life sciences research. Approximately 70 public and private institutes and labs occupy the park. Name: Altria Center for Research and Technology, Philip Morris Research Center Location: 601 East Jackson Street Year Completed: 2007 Architect: CUH2A
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VCU Arts Depot was built in 1907 as Richmond & Chesapeake Bay Railway depot, a dozen years before the grandiose Broad Street Station (Union Station) was built a mile west. Trains passed through the station’s second floor, in the rear. Train service ended in the 1970s. Today, the building is occupied by Virginia Commonwealth University’s
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Julep’s entrance canopy caught my eye on East Grace Street. It turns out that the wrought iron device was originally on the building next door (see landmark nomination, page 9). Had I backed up a bit, I might have noticed (and photographed!) the entire three-story Georgian Revival building. The building was originally a women’s clothing
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Virginia Department of Transportation Annex was the last of the Commonwealth’s planned office buildings in Richmond in 1961, and the somber grey structure has been described as “cold.” Yet, when the sun hits it just right, the windows provide a warm golden glow. Name: Virginia Department of Transportation Annex, Virginia State Department of Highways Annex
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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
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Kanawha Plaza is a park built on a deck spanning the Downtown Expressway (I-195) between South 7th Street and South 9th Street. It was conceived in 1972 at the behest of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. The bank was planning a new headquarters building overlooking the James River at the same time that Downtown
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Monumental Church was built as a memorial to 72 people who died in an 1811 theater fire on this site. It served as an Episcopal parish church until 1965, when it was transferred to the Medical College of Virginia. Name: Monumental Church Location: 1224 East Broad Street Year Completed: 1814 Architect: Robert Mills
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