Charles M. Robinson 1930 4100 W Grace St Thomas Jefferson High School is one of Richmond’s most important Art Deco buildings. Although the structure is a full block long, repetitive limestone ribs give the facade a strong vertical emphasis. The three-story limestone building is crowned by a ziggurat topped with a glass orb. Low …
Ethel Bailey Furman (addition) 1884 sanctuary, 1964 addition by Furman 2800 P Street From the grand gothic cathedrals at Chartres and Canterbury to the more earthly scale of an average American parish, church buildings have always changed with time and with the shifting needs of their congregations. Once the main sanctuary is complete, common additions …
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 …
Carneal and Johnston 1908 2007 Monument Avenue In the popular imagination, the Fan may be a neighborhood of townhouses, but it also contains apartment buildings of many shapes and sizes. No street displays this diversity better than Monument Avenue. Walking down the avenue today, it is easy to spot the larger and grander of …
William H. Rhodes, architect, addition by Thomas Hamilton & Associates 1939, addition 1990 3301 West Broad St. Richmond has a number of handsome Art Deco buildings. Two landmarks are the Central National Bank building, and the West Hospital on Virginia Commonwealth University’s Health Campus (both are on West Broad Street downtown). Other, more modest …
Harvey L. Page, architect 1888 901 W. Franklin St. Virginia Commonwealth University is the steward of dozens of fine, century-old, former residential structures along the historic West Franklin Street corridor. But few are as eye-popping as the VCU Administration Building which anchors the southwest corner of the campus’ primary intersection of West Franklin and Shafer …
Henry Grant Morse, architect and Charles Gillette, landscape architect 1926 (incorporating major elements moved from a c.1500 house in Lancashire, England) 4305 Sulgrave Road In 1926 when prominent Richmond businessman and Anglophile Thomas C. Williams was developing his family farm, Windsor, into Windsor Farms, located just west of Richmond in what was then Henrico County, …
William C. Noland, Noland and Baskervill 1906 13 W. Franklin St In Richmond, a Franklin Street address carries a special cache. Grand homes, apartments, offices, and institutions give the street it’s eclectic and urbane character. In recognition of its unique assortment of architectural assets, the street was designated as a city historic district in …
1851 Bounded by Belvidere, Franklin, Laurel, and Main Streets Monroe Park is among the most prominent public spaces in Richmond. It sits at the nexus of the Fan District, Monroe Ward, and Belvidere Street, a busy thoroughfare that extends over nearby highways and deep into the north and south sides. For residents of many city …
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. …