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 …
Hallett & Pratt, architect 1920 1200 Wilmington Ave. The somber-looking, skintled brick, Gothic Revival, and sparsely-landscaped complex that served Ginter Park Baptist Church for almost a century was built of elements that date to long before 1920. Herein lies an intriguing saga of architectural recycling that begins downtown with a Presbyterian church on East …
Frank Rushmore Watson, architect Philip Hubert Frohman, expansion architect 1928, expansion in 1950 6000 Grove Avenue At first glance, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church is a raw, gray mass of stone at the busy intersection of Grove Avenue and Three Chopt Road in the West End’s leafy Westhampton neighborhood.For those who have experienced the soaring, yet …
1796– Richard Adams House (demolished) 1810– Palmer-Taylor House, expanded 1859 1866-1987 remodelings and additions to complex 1895- chapel 2007– restoration, John Gass, architect 2100 and 2200 blocks of East Grace Street Few places in Richmond are as intriguing and densely-layered architecturally as Richmond Hill. The walled, Christian retreat center occupies almost two city blocks on …
Hill Colvin Linthicum, Sr., (sanctuary and parish hall) and Lee & Lee (addition to parish hall) 1912 (sanctuary and parish house), 1922 (addition to parish house) and 1961 (Administration Building) 3602 Hawthorne Avenue St. Thomas Episcopal Church, a charming Gothic Revival complex at 3600 Hawthorne Avenue, traces its beginnings to 1907 when Ginter Park was a …
Architect: Wiley Anderson Date: 1900 Address: 1211 Porter St Most of the architectural fabric that once made Porter Street the most fashionably attractive residential street in Manchester had fell victim to the wrecking ball by the 1970s. But one proud and important survivor is the Central United Methodist Church that anchors a corner of Porter …
Architect: Samuel J. Collins, 1949 with addition by Winks-Snowa, 1996 Address: 909 Rennie Avenue Dates: 1949, 1996 Ginter Park is a dowager of Richmond neighborhoods with such distinguishing characteristics as magnificent shade trees, an eclectic collection of early 20th century domestic architecture and streets with grassy median strips that manage to be simultaneously rural and …
Carl Max Lindner, Sr. 1928 503 Stuart Circle Richmond is often characterized by its strict grid plan. But among the pleasures of the Fan District are the street intersections where acute angles are formed by the juncture of many east-west streets as they extend from Monroe Park. Additional design opportunities occur at the intersections along …
Date: 1910 Address: 4308 Hermitage Road The large stone entrance gate at the intersection of Hermitage, Bellevue and Pope Avenues stands as a symbol of Richmond’s North Side, but also as a historical vestige of William Young’s 600 acre ‘Westbrook Estate’ in the late 1700s. The land was later subdivided, and purchased by Joseph Bryan, …
Architect: Charles M. Robinson Date: 1912 Address: 2100 Idlewood Ave While not the most celebrated grade school designed by Robinson in the city, the former John B. Cary Elementary School in Byrd Park nonetheless shares several similarities with Thomas Jefferson High School, Albert Hill School and Highland Park Public School, despite the differing aesthetic styles. …