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Richmond / American Tobacco Company

American Tobacco Company built this Colonial Revival-style research lab in 1939; additions were made in 1955 and 1992. Name:  American Tobacco Company Location:  400 Richmond Highway Year Completed:  1939 Architect:  Francisco and Jacobus Style:  Colonial Revival Virginia Department of Historic Resources: American Tobacco Company South Richmond Complex HD National Register of Historic Places:  Registration Form […]

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Richmond / Italianate Building

Even Google Maps is confused about this building: Reynolds Tobacco and Reynolds Metals both built warehouses and factories alongside the Haxall Canal in the vicinity of Haxall Point. This building, though, is definitely R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Leaf Tobacco Warehouse, aka Italianate (after the architectural style), aka The Locks – part of the residential

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Richmond / Hood Temple A.M.E. Zion Church

Hood Temple A.M.E. Zion Church (African Methodist Episcopal) is a 170-year-old landmark in the Jackson Ward Historic District of Downtown Richmond. Name:  Hood Temple A.M.E. Zion Church Location:  16 West Clay Street Year Completed:  1850 Architect:  Albert West Style:  Gothic Revival National Register of Historic Places: Jackson Ward Facebook:  Hood Temple AME Zion Church Google

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Richmond / Eskimo Pie Building

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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Richmond / Imperial Building

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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Richmond / Hotel Richmond

Hotel Richmond was built in two phases. The original 1904 structure was an eight-story building fronting East Grace Street, designed by Harrison Albright. A 1911 expansion added two stories to the original building and an 11-story wing to the north, designed by John Kevan Peebles. A two-story lobby was constructed between the wings, fronting on

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