Samuel Sloan, architect 1853 and additions 1911, 1917 and 1930 additions 500 N. 25th St. As you travel through many cities and towns in the mid-Atlantic and northeastern states, it’s hard not to be struck by the steeples of nineteenth and early 20th century churches that rise majestically above what were once densely-built residential …
Architect unknown 1847 116 S. Third Street The Virginia Education Association building, also known as the Henry Coalter Cabell House, is a rare architectural vestige of Gamble’s Hill, formerly a fashionable residential neighborhood in the 1800s. Until 1957, the district’s two main thoroughfares of Third and Fourth streets led to Gamble Hill Park, the site of Pratt’s Castle, …
architect unknown 1844 15 S. Fifth St. “William Barret’s mansion at Fifth and Cary marks the high point of Classic Revival architecture in Richmond,” wrote the late Mary Wingfield Scott, Richmond’s esteemed architectural historian and author in her masterful survey, “Old Richmond Neighborhoods.” Built in 1844, not only is the two-story, stucco-over-brick house well-articulated and …
Thomas Ustick Walters; 2007 restoration by Einhorn Yaffee Prescott, Architects and Engineers, P.C. 1841 1200 block East Broad Street In Court End, a district that boasts many architecturally distinguished buildings and many on the National Register of Historic Places, the Hunton Student Center is an elegant stand-out. This former church-turned student activities building was designed …
Architect Unknown, 1902 improvements by Marion J. Dimmock; 1909 west annex by William C. West; 1928 east annex by Clarence H. Hinnant 1857 plus additions 1101 Bainbridge Street This stalwart brick structure, set atop a rough-hewn granite retaining wall, possesses a dramatic temple front composed of three bays and four colossal Ionic columns. The exterior …
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 …
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 …
Architect: Albert Lybrock Date: 1853 Address: 219-223 Governor Street Morson’s Row is the most handsome assemblage of attached houses in Richmond. These three former dwellings in the Italianate style establish an axial relationship at the eastern end of the pedestrian mall that was once Capitol Street while gently stepping down to reflect the slope of …
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 …
Norman Stewart 707 East Franklin Street 1844 In the mid 19th Century, Norman Stewart, a rich Scottish tobacco merchant, constructed five free-standing residences, which came to be known as “Stewart’s Row,” one of the finest blocks in Richmond. Featuring side-hall plans and a structure that consumed most of the narrow plots, the rational three story …