Hathaway Tower Thomas A. Gresham, Brown and Gresham Associated Architects 1972 2956 Hathaway Road Deep in southwest Richmond lies the suburban crossroads known as Stratford Hills. Strip malls line the roadside, dotted with shops: a florist, a grocery store, a breakfast spot, a tattoo parlor, check cashing. Silently presiding over the comings and goings is …
Architect: Marcellus Wright & Partners Date: 1965 Address: 2000 Riverside Drive A modest skyline of mostly apartment buildings is fast changing the silhouette of Manchester. Half a century ago, however, while this district was in serious decline, in 1965 in the adjacent neighborhood of Springhill, South Richmond received a shot of verticality with completion …
1995 Army Corps of Engineers Following a string of floods during the 1970’s and 80’s, headlined by the city’s worst modern era flood of 36.5 feet in 1972, Richmond took preventative action in the form of a 3.2 mile floodwall system. This article focuses on a portion of that undertaking, the concrete wall in …
Pei Cobb Freed and Partners 2013 1201 East Marshall Street Once a collection of high class antebellum town homes, Richmond’s Court End neighborhood is now totally dominated by the VCU Medical Center. Each new building has increased the scale and intensity of the area which is one of the city’s most densely built. When it …
Architect: Ballou and Justice Dates: 1970 Address: 325 N. Harrison Street On Harrison Street at the eastern terminus of West Avenue lies the Virginia Commonwealth University’s Pollak Building. The building is occupied by various parts of the VCU School of the Arts including the office of the dean, and the graphic design, fashion, film, and …
Architects: Robert Mills, Petticord Associates Date: 1818, Museum and renovation 1976 Address: 1201 East Clay Street The Museum of the Confederacy’s main building, completed in 1976, was built to house the institution’s collection of confederate artifacts, the nation’s largest. The institution is the oldest museum in Richmond, founded in 1890, and includes on its grounds …
Architect: Pietro Belluschi Inc. with Jung / Brannen Associates Date: 1978 Address: 1025 W. Grace Street A stoic brutalist slab, the 12 story Dominion Place rises out of the leafy Fan District near the corner of Ryland Avenue and Grace Street. It is the closest Richmond has come to Unité d’Habitation, Le Corbusier’s famous housing …
Architect: HBA Architecture Dates: 2010 Address: 200 South 10th Street The Williams Mullen Center is one of the most significant new projects in downtown Richmond in recent years. Occupying a formerly vacant site on the corner of 10th and Canal Streets, the mid-rise tower totals 15 stories. First floor retail grounds the building at …
Architect: Welton Becket Associates Dates: 1971-1974 Address: 1111 E. Main St. Still playing a role in Richmond’s skyline, the Bank of America Center was the tallest building in the city upon its completion in 1974. In addition to its height, the project is a symbol of its time in other ways. The building is an …
Architect: Carneal, Johnston and Wright, Restoration by BCWH with Saddler and Whitehead Date: 1938, expansion in 1963, restoration in 2002 Address: 1000 N Lombardy St Maggie Walker High School’s creation is the result of several incidents occurring at the same time. In 1934, Richmond icon Maggie L. Walker passed, and the city wished to honor her name in …