Architect: Carrére and Hastings Dates: 1891 Address: 401 W. Franklin St. The Commonwealth Club is one of Richmond’s most historic and opulent private clubs and its building reflects this. Founded in 1890, The Commonwealth Club was a social gathering place with facilities for dining, fitness, and drinking. Initially the club commissioned a local architect but …
Architect: Johannas Design Group Date: 2009 Address: 1708 West Cary St Johannas Design Group’s buildings have been known for blending a touch of modernism with influences from Richmond’s historic vernacular. The Mews at Cary Mill is definitely more of the former. The project takes an original approach to the porched town house typology of Richmond, …
Architect: Vincent Kling Associates Date: 1970 Address: 500 East Leigh Street between Fifth and Seventh streets. In each decade since World War II, American city planners have sought panaceas to invigorate deteriorating downtowns. In the 1960s the idea that a major sports/convention facility would invigorate center cities was a popular concept in Virginia. Hampton, Norfolk …
Architect: John Eberson with Carneal and Johnston Dates: 1928-1929 Address: 219 E. Broad Street The Central Fidelity Bank building (known colloquially as the CFB) was the product of the collaboration between architect John Eberson of New York City and Richmond firm Carneal and Johnston. The result was a true expression of art deco and …
Architects: Cram and Ferguson, with Carneal, Johnston and Wright, associate architect. Date: 1931 Address: Blanton Avenue in Byrd Park. During World War I, many European towns promised to silence the bells of their town halls and churches until victory over Germany. When peace finally did occur in November 1919, bells all over northern Europe …
Architect: Wilson, Harris and Richards Dates: 1901 Address: 1500 East Main St Known simply as The Clock Tower to many passing its ornate tower on Interstate 95, the Renaissance Revival train station in Shockoe Bottom stands as an historic and current icon of Richmond. Built in 1901 as the city’s premiere railroad destination servicing Seaboard …
Carrère and Hastings 1892-1895 101 West Franklin Street, Richmond, VA The Jefferson Hotel is one of the finest examples of Beaux Arts architecture in the city, and certainly one of the grandest. Conceived and funded in 1892 by Gilded Age Richmond business leader Lewis Ginter, the design was carried out by Carrère and Hastings, a top …
Marcellus Wright Sr., Charles Custer Robinson, and Charles M. Robinson 1925 – 1927 6 N. Laurel Street, Richmond VA Conceived in 1918, what is now Richmond’s Altria Theater was built as the city’s largest Shriner meeting house. Created largely through the work of Clinton L. Williams, the chapter’s potentate, the building’s program originally included a …
John Russell Pope 1919 2501 Monument Avenue One of the most impressive mansions on the already extravagant Monument Avenue, the Branch House was commissioned in 1916 by John Kerr Branch, a wealthy stockbroker and bank president. The house was to have enough space to house his extensive collection of Italian Renaissance items, including tapestries, …