Charles Shifflett and Thomas A. Gresham, associated architects 1961, plus additions 30 Malvern Avenue There is an outbreak of fine ecclesiastical architecture in the vicinity of Malvern Avenue between Grove Avenue and West Cary Street. The congregation of Reveille United Methodist Church occupies a stunning colonial revival sanctuary that was constructed in 1954. Seventh Street …
Baskervill & Son, and Samuel Hannaford & Sons, and Commonwealth Architects adaptive reuse architect 1957, adaptive reuse 2008 1350 Westwood Avenue Ginter Place is a handsome, seven story, 69-unit, mid-century modern condominium tower that rises above the lush tree canopy of Laburnum Park, an early 20th century suburb of mostly upscale Colonial Revival and Art …
Tappé Architects with BCWH Architects 2016 2100 Libbie Lake E St In the age of the internet, e-readers, and online bookshops, the status of the public library might seem threatened, but in 2016, the expansive new Libbie Mill Library opened in western Henrico County. The library, which the county bills as a “knowledge center,” contains …
3 North 2019 480 Tredegar St Opened in 2019, the American Civil War Center at Tredegar is the flagship facility of the American Civil War Museum. The museum operates two other facilities: the White House of the Confederacy, in Richmond’s Court End neighborhood, and the Museum of the Confederacy at Appomattox, a 90 minute drive …
Pickard Chilton and Kendall Heaton Associates 2019 600 Canal Street Since the turn of the 21st century, downtown’s business district continues to drift ever closer to the James River. Meanwhile, many left-behind structures on East Main Street, that long-comprised the traditional financial district, have become Commonwealth of Virginia office buildings. The newer, still-developing commercial core, …
1972 An indispensable link in Richmond’s transit network, the six-lane Manchester Bridge is among the city’s largest. The city-owned bridge traverses some 3000 feet of the James River to connect 9th Street downtown with Commerce Road in Southside. The bridge is composed of a steel supported deck resting on a series of concrete arches. Their …
Richard Neutra 1962 1000 Old Locke Lane The Rice House may be Richmond’s most iconic modern home. Designed in the early 1960’s by Austrian-born Los Angeles architect Richard Neutra, the international style house was built for Walter Rice, an executive at Reynolds Metals and the U.S. ambassador to Australia, and his wife Inger. Richard Neutra …
This article comes to us from guest writer Robert Winthrop. Winthrop is partner at Winthrop, Jenkins, and Associates, a Virginia based architecture firm specializing in historic renovation. Historic buildings have also been his focus in numerous writings and lectures. As author of The Architecture of Jackson Ward, Cast and Wrought: The Architectural Metalwork of Downtown Richmond, Virginia, …
Architect Unknown 1940s 4 Manchester Road The Southern States Silo stands over the south bank of the James River. It is is located just south of the floodwall near the foot of the Mayo Bridge. The silo was constructed in the 1940s and a grain elevator for Cargill Incorporated. According to a 1952 Richmond Times-Dispatch …
1001 Semmes Ave. 1998 TBA2 Architects (Charlotte) The Truist Riverview Center, a banking and financial operations complex, looms over the James River waterfront in Manchester like an icecube that was molded in a gargantuan ice tray. Its footprint extends over two full city blocks and therefore necessitated the closing of a block of West 11th …