Williams House, aka Jones-Williams House, was built for William Henry Jones, a tobacco merchant, in 1891. Marion J. Dimmock designed the building in Richardsonian Romanesque style, using James River granite. Jones sold the house to A. D. Williams in 1899. Richmond Professional Institute acquired the property in 1952, and it is now part of the […]
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Altria Center for Research and Technology is the largest tenant in the Virginia BioTechnology Research Park, a 34-acre hub for life sciences research. Approximately 70 public and private institutes and labs occupy the park. Name: Altria Center for Research and Technology, Philip Morris Research Center Location: 601 East Jackson Street Year Completed: 2007 Architect: CUH2A
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VCU Arts Depot was built in 1907 as Richmond & Chesapeake Bay Railway depot, a dozen years before the grandiose Broad Street Station (Union Station) was built a mile west. Trains passed through the station’s second floor, in the rear. Train service ended in the 1970s. Today, the building is occupied by Virginia Commonwealth University’s
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Ginter House was built in 1892 as the residence of Lewis Ginter, a transplanted northern entrepreneur who made Richmond his home after the Civil War. Harvey L. Page and William Winthrop Kent designed the mansion with elements of Romanesque Revival and Queen Anne styles. Ginter’s niece, Grace Arents, inherited the property in 1897. From 1924
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Johnson Hall was built in 1915 as the Monroe Terrace Apartments, designed by Alfred C. Bossom in neo-Gothic style. Now used as a dormitory by Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), it was excluded from the overlapping Monroe Park Historic District and the Western Franklin Street Historic District. The building’s crown has been drastically simplified from the
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Egyptian Building is one of Richmond’s architectural treasures. Architecture Richmond says it best: “It’s facade is not merely an Egyptian entry sutured onto a neoclassic building but rather a complete Egyptian expression. Its obelisk gate, battered walls, papyrus columns, monumental windowless surfaces, and harsh contrast between shadow and highlight create a convincing Egyptian effect.” Name:
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Institute for Contemporary Art, aka Markel Center, is part of the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Monroe Park Campus. The ultra-modern design is also ultra-environmentally conscious, with green roofs, geothermal heating and cooling, and glass insulating walls combined with recycled metal panels. Name: Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU, Markel Center Location: 601 West Broad Street
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Black members of the multiracial First Baptist Church congregation purchased the existing (1802) church after white members built their own church on 12th Street, a block away. The black congregation added “African” to the church name. When the black congregation built a new church in 1876, it was patterned after the 12th Street church. Neither
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West Hospital, a 17-story Art Deco landmark-worthy part of VCU Medical Center, is among Richmond’s tallest buildings. The cross-shaped brick tower is also among Richmond’s endangered buildings – Virginia Commonwealth University has tried to have it demolished. Historic preservationists rescued the structure in 2004, but who knows what the future will bring. (Style Weekly “Save
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The Shriners built Altria Theater in 1927 as the Acca Temple Shrine. The City of Richmond bought the building in 1940 and converted it for municipal use. The theater, renamed The Mosque or Mosque Theater, became Landmark Theater in 1995. Tobacco company Altria donated $10 million for renovations in 2014, at which time the venue
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