Parish & Schroeder 1908 1300 Westwood Avenue With an imposing Corinthian temple front of six colossal columns, excellent proportions, and exquisite red brick work, three-story “Laburnum” may be the most splendid country house in greater Richmond. Its setting, however, is a mish-mash of elements that include a former mid-century modern hospital (and later adjacent medical …
James Knox Taylor, supervising architect 1910 1009 Hull St. The former Manchester post office is an architectural gem. If the 20th century is called “The American Century,” this jingoistic spirit was reflected in the federal government’s 1901 decision to have its major public buildings reflect the dignified and classical architecture of ancient Greece and Rome. …
3 North 2019 480 Tredegar St Opened in 2019, the American Civil War Center at Tredegar is the flagship facility of the American Civil War Museum. The museum operates two other facilities: the White House of the Confederacy, in Richmond’s Court End neighborhood, and the Museum of the Confederacy at Appomattox, a 90 minute drive …
Virginia Department of Transportation and Virginia Capital Trail Foundation 2006-2015 Linear route parallel to Virginia State Highway Route 5 from Shockoe Bottom in downtown Richmond to Jamestown The Virginia Capital Trail is a 52-mile pathway dedicated to hiking, jogging, cycling, skateboarding and other non-motorized activities. The eight-to-ten foot wide, fully paved asphalt road runs mostly parallel to State …
1904, sanctuary, Noland and Baskervill, architect 1957, Edward N. Calish Educational Building, Merrill C. Lee, architect 2018, Renovation and expansion of educational building, Shinberg Levinas Architectural Design, Inc., architect 1111 West Franklin Street The imposing and exquisite Beth Ahabah synagogue is part of Richmond’s architectural pantheon. Therefore, it is fitting that its classical revival design …
1796– Richard Adams House (demolished) 1810– Palmer-Taylor House, expanded 1859 1866-1987 remodelings and additions to complex 1895- chapel 2007– restoration, John Gass, architect 2100 and 2200 blocks of East Grace Street Few places in Richmond are as intriguing and densely-layered architecturally as Richmond Hill. The walled, Christian retreat center occupies almost two city blocks on …
Neff and Thompson, architect 1910 6031 St. Andrews Lane There are few more verdant and picturesque settings in Richmond than the Westhampton golf course and surrounding grounds of The Country Club of Virginia. Since 1910 the centerpiece of this complex has beens the classical revival clubhouse. It is a fantasia in red brick and white …
Architect unknown c. 1810 2306 E. Grace St. In 1780, when Virginia’s capital city was moved from Williamsburg to Richmond, many property owners with holdings east of Shockoe Creek (Church Hill today) assumed that government buildings would be built in that vicinity and thus their land would increase in value. However, to their dismay the …
Harrison Albright, architect; 1906 expansion by Peebles & Ferguson Architects; 2017 renovation by Commonwealth Architects 1904 Northwest Corner of North Ninth and East Grace streets Capitol Square has been encircled by taverns or hotels since it was laid out in the 1780s. Indeed, The Commonwealth at the corner of Ninth and Bank streets at the …
This article comes to us from guest writer Robert Winthrop. Winthrop is partner at Winthrop, Jenkins, and Associates, a Virginia based architecture firm specializing in historic renovation. Historic buildings have also been his focus in numerous writings and lectures. As author of The Architecture of Jackson Ward, Cast and Wrought: The Architectural Metalwork of Downtown Richmond, Virginia, …