Deco at CNB Apartments is adaptive re-use of Central National Bank, a landmarked Art Deco skyscraper that was Richmond’s tallest building 1930 – 1971. The building changed hands several times: Central Fidelity Bank and Wachovia Bank, then (2007) a developer that planned to convert the offices to a hotel. In 2013 the building was converted to its current use, Deco at CNB Apartments. The 23-story tower contains 200 apartments.
The three-story base (and adjoining annex) are faced in limestone on the East Broad Street façade; the balance of the building is brick-faced. See National Register of Historic Places registration form for other details.
- Name: Deco at CNB Apartments, aka Central National Bank, aka Central Fidelity Bank
- Location: 219 East Broad Street
- Year Completed: 1930
- Architect: John Eberson, Carneal & Johnston
- Style: Art Deco
- Wikipedia: Central National Bank
- Architecture Richmond: Central Fidelity Bank
- Google Map
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Deco at CNB Apartments, adaptive re-use of landmark Central National Bank, Art Deco Richmond skyscraper.
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Deco at CNB Apartments, adaptive re-use of landmark Central National Bank, Art Deco Richmond skyscraper.
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Deco at CNB Apartments, adaptive re-use of landmark Central National Bank, Art Deco Richmond skyscraper.
All images copyright © Kenneth Grant / photos taken October 2019 with Canon 5D Mark iv
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