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 National Theater – last surviving showplace of Theater Row.
But I have to confess: No offense, University of Richmond, but I snapped this photo for the visual pun – “You are downtown.”
- Name: UR Downtown, Franklin Federal Savings and Loan
- Location: 626 East Broad Street
- Year Completed: 1954
- Architect: Edward F. Sinnott
- Style: International
- Wikipedia: University of Richmond
- University of Richmond: University of Richmond Downtown History
- Virginia Department of Historic Resources: Grace Street Commercial Historic District
- National Register of Historic Places: Registration Form
- Google Map
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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.
All images copyright © Kenneth Grant / photos taken October 2019 with Canon 5D Mark iv
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