Thomas S. Stewart 1845 1200 E. Marshall Street Richmond VA Among all the buildings in Richmond, the Egyptian Building is certainly one of the most unusual. It was erected in 1845 as the home for Hampden-Sydney College’s Medical school, the first in the south. Now part of the medical campus of Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU …
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 …
Architect: Elijah Myers Dates: 1886 – 1894 Address: 1001 East Broad St Occupying an entire city block on Broad St between 10th and 11th streets, Old City Hall stands powerfully with one side to the historic capitol grounds, and the other side catty-corner its functional replacement. Impossible to miss, a proud juxtaposition to the radically …
Architect: BCWH Date: 2000 Address: 407 East Canal Street One of the creative and culture hubs of Richmond exists in an awkward spot of Canal St, immediately bordered on three sides by parking and the Downtown Expressway on the other. Yet the quality of design doesn’t suffer from it. A marvelous 52,000 square foot renovation …