First National Bank Building was Richmond’s first high-rise building, according to the Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Surprisingly (to me, at least), this 1913 landmark was built as a bank but commissioned by a railroad, Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company. The massive brick-and-stone building is an example how architects originally envisioned high-rise buildings – as […]
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530 East Main Street, aka Eskimo Pie Building, Atlantic Life Insurance Company Building, and Chamber of Commerce Building, is scarred from cornice repairs that destroyed distinctive terra cotta ornamentation. The building is part of the Fifth and Main Historic District. Name: 530 East Main Street, aka Atlantic Life Insurance Company Building, Eskimo Building, Eskimo Pie
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American Heritage Apartments is proof positive that you should always look up. At street level, my only interest was visiting the 7/11. From the State Capitol grounds, I found this view of the building, over the roof of the U.S. Court of Appeals on Bank Street. Marvelous cornice, terra cotta, balconies – not to mention
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Bank of America Center was built in 1974 as the First & Merchants Bank Building. Name: Bank of America Center Location: 1111 East Main Street Year Completed: 1974 Architect: Welton Becket & Associates Style: International Google Map All images copyright © Kenneth Grant / photos taken October 2019 with Canon 5D Mark iv
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