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 …
1015 East Clay St. Alexander Parris 1812 New England builder and architect Alexander Parris visited Richmond in the early 1800s and left a considerable architectural legacy. He designed the Executive Mansion, but more grand was his design for the John Wickham house. It originally anchored the northeast corner of an entire Court End city block …
800 East Grace Street Architect unknown 1834. 1855, transept Perhaps unfairly overshadowed by St. Paul’s, the larger and more lavishly articulated church across the street, St. Peter’s Catholic Church is a nonetheless a wonderful presence on the downtown streetscape. Its temple front in the Doric order is a classical structure of solid beauty. This sanctuary …
Capitol Square Alexander Parris and W. Duncan Lee (rear addition) 1811. Rear addition, 1906. Gov. John Barbour moved into the Executive Mansion, situated in the northeastern corner of Capitol Square, in 1811. Today it is still the home of Virginia’s governor, making it the nation’s oldest official gubernatorial residence in continuous use. The house was …
Northwest corner of East Main and North Second streets Barry Starke 1972. 1998, redesigned Monroe Ward (the downtown district defined by Broad, Foushee and Belvidere streets and the James River) boasts some of Richmond’s most iconic architectural treasures: the Jefferson Hotel, the Commonwealth Club and Linden Row. What the neighborhood lacks however, is green space. …
Thomas S. Stewart 1843-1845. 1890, alterations to sanctuary. 1959, parish house and parking garage, Baskervill and Son. 1992 renovation to parish house. 815 East Grace Street St. Paul’s, with its grand and prominent location immediately across Ninth Street from the vehicular gateway to Capitol Square, spectacular temple front in the Corinthian order of architecture, and …
1822 4th and Hospital Streets As the 18th century drew to a close, space grew scarce in St. John’s Churchyard, Richmond’s de facto resting place. Anticipating this demand, the City of Richmond invested in property in an underdeveloped area north of the Court End section of downtown, then a fashionable residential area. The site sat …
Clive Wilkinson 2008 103 South Jefferson Street The VCU Brandcenter is the graduate advertising program of Virginia Commonwealth University. Founded in 1996 as the Adcenter, the program is frequently recognized as the top graduate advertising program in the country. Its success, growth, and high profile prompted an expansion and renovation in 2008. Clive Wilkinson of …
Jacob Ege ca. 1750 1914 East Main Street Near the corner of 20th and Main streets in Shockoe Bottom sits the oldest building in Richmond. Known to many as the Old Stone House, it was built by German immigrant Jacob Ege around 1750 for himself and his wife. Their descendants retained ownership of the house …