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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Thomas Jefferson Building, 1220 Bank Street, is the former Thomas Hunter Blanton Office Building, now used by Commonwealth of Virginia government. Name: Thomas Jefferson Building Location: 1220 Bank Street Year Completed: 1956 Style: Modernism Google Map All images copyright © Kenneth Grant / photos taken October 2019 with Canon 5D Mark iv
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Imperial Building, aka Richmond Free Press, is a neo-Classical building at 422 East Franklin Street. Name: Imperial Building, Richmond Free Press Location: 422 East Franklin Street Year Completed: 1923 Architect: Neff & Thompson Style: neo-Classical Society of Architectural Historians: Imperial Building Google Map All images copyright © Kenneth Grant / photos taken October 2019 with
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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
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Model Tobacco Building, aka Model Tobacco Apartments, is a sleek red brick Art Deco factory built by the United States Tobacco Company in 1940. The long sides, parallel to Richmond Highway (formerly Jefferson Davis Highway) feature six tiers of windows set in grey brick ribbons. At each end, “MODEL TOBACCO” is spelled out in nine-foot-tall
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Hotel John Marshall opened in 1929 as “The Finest Hotel in the South,” and for decades reigned as the premier venue for political events. Seven presidents, from FDR to Ronald Reagan, attended functions at the John Marshall. Virginia’s outgoing governor traditionally met the governor-elect at the hotel on inauguration day. In 1985, L. Douglas Wilder
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Berry-Burk Building, once home of Berry-Burk clothiers, has been converted to rental apartments and a ground floor restaurant. The four-story limestone structure has a colorful terra cotta crown and fourth floor, and impressive main entry. As a bonus, the building is cater-corner from the stunning Dominion Energy Center Carpenter Theatre and just four blocks west
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New Haven Savings Bank Building, a pink limestone skyscraper, is a stark contrast with neighboring City Hall on New Haven Green’s eastern edge. The postmodern building was designed by William Pedersen and completed in 1974. Name: New Haven Savings Bank Building Location: 195 Church Street Year Completed: 1974 Architect: William Pedersen Style: Postmodern Yale University
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Eli Apartments, aka Southern New England Telephone Company Administration Building, was built in 1938. The Art Deco high-rise was designed by Roy W. Foote and Douglas Orr. It was converted in 2004 to apartments. Name: Eli Apartments, aka Southern New England Telephone Company Administration Building Location: 227 Church Street Year Completed: 1938 Architect: Roy W.
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One Fifth Avenue is a landmark apartment building overlooking Washington Square in Greenwich Village. The four-story base is clad in limestone, while the tower rises in brick. The architects used light and dark bricks to create vertical false shadows, accentuating the building’s height. Name: 1 Fifth Avenue Location: 1 Fifth Avenue Year Completed: 1927 Architect:
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