Benton & Bengtson (1923 parish hall) and Wysong, Bengtson & Jones, architects (1931 sanctuary) 1923 1100 West Grace St — Bethlehem Lutheran Church, commanding a quiet intersection at western edge of the VCU Monroe Park campus, is a neo-Gothic, red brick, stone and concrete architectural gem. Its beautiful proportions and exquisite detailing belie the fact …
Edward Francis Sinnott Sr. 1938 305 E. Nine Mile Rd. Taking the bus from central Richmond out Nine Mile Road to Highland Springs seems like traveling back in time. Located in a semi-rural patch of Eastern Henrico County, Highland Springs maintains the feel of a quaint, one-street town (despite suburban subdivisions and sprawling data …
O’Neill McVoy Architects with Quinn Evans, associate architect 2020 2500 Nine Mile Rd In 2020, Reynolds Community College opened a new culinary education center at 25th Street and Nine Mile Road, an important East End intersection. Dubbed the Kitchens at Reynolds, the building houses classrooms for the college’s culinary program as well as a greenhouse, …
Henry T. Barham, architect Walter Parks Architect, renovation architect 1925, renovation 2007 101 West Marshall Street Striking an iconic triangular posture in Jackson Ward at the convergence of Brook Road and Adams Street, The Emrick Flats was built in the 1920s to serve as a Chevrolet dealership. Henry T. Barnham (1885-1937) was architect and …
1972 An indispensable link in Richmond’s transit network, the six-lane Manchester Bridge is among the city’s largest. The city-owned bridge traverses some 3000 feet of the James River to connect 9th Street downtown with Commerce Road in Southside. The bridge is composed of a steel supported deck resting on a series of concrete arches. Their …
Architect Unknown 1940s 4 Manchester Road The Southern States Silo stands over the south bank of the James River. It is is located just south of the floodwall near the foot of the Mayo Bridge. The silo was constructed in the 1940s and a grain elevator for Cargill Incorporated. According to a 1952 Richmond Times-Dispatch …
1001 Semmes Ave. 1998 TBA2 Architects (Charlotte) The Truist Riverview Center, a banking and financial operations complex, looms over the James River waterfront in Manchester like an icecube that was molded in a gargantuan ice tray. Its footprint extends over two full city blocks and therefore necessitated the closing of a block of West 11th …
1913 The Mayo Bridge is Richmond’s most storied crossing. The current form of the bridge, dating to 1913, is the city’s oldest, but its history stretches back another hundred years, nearly to the founding of Richmond. In the colonial period, the two sides of the James River were connected only by ferry. A toll bridge …
(originally the First Battalion Virginia Volunteers Armory) 122 W. Leigh St. 1895, Wilfred Emory Cutshaw, architect 2016, Baskervill, architect for addition and renovation Images of the original armory were taken by Michael Phillips, and images of the addition by Baservill were taken by Ansel Olson and provided by the firm. After the Civil War the United …
1940 5000 Deepwater Terminal Rd Richmond was founded along the falls of the James River, the highest navigable point for shipping and the natural terminus for commerce and transport. In addition to the docks in Shockoe, Warwick, another port, was founded around 5 miles south on the James. The town was destroyed in 1781 by …