Edison Apartments was built in 1913 as Virginia Railway and Power Company Office Building. It’s also been known as Virginia Electric & Power Building, VEPCO Building, and Railway and Power Building. The high-rise was converted to residential use in 2013/2014 as the 700 Centre Building and combined with the adjacent modern low-rise structure. Soon after, it was renamed Edison Apartments – though the historic name, Virginia Electric and Power Company, is carved in the East Franklin Street edifice.
- Name: Edison Apartments, VEPCO Building
- Location: 700 East Franklin Street
- Year Completed: 1913
- Architect: Alfred C. Bossom
- Style: Renaissance Revival
- National Register of Historic Places: Registration Form
- RVA Hub: Must-See RVA – Railway & Power Building
- Richmond BizSense: 700 Centre joins downtown apartment club
- Edison Apartments: website
- Google Map
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Edison Apartments was built in 1913 as Virginia Railway and Power Company Office Building.
All images copyright © Kenneth Grant / photos taken October 2019 with Canon 5D Mark iv
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