Stearns Iron-Front Building (Stearns Block)
The cast-iron architecture of the Stearns Block is Richmond’s best surviving example of the architectural exuberance that could be achieved with an otherwise commonplace material. Constructed to replace buildings destroyed […]
Shockoe Slip Historic District
Adjacent to Richmond’s financial district, this compact quarter consists primarily of three- and four-story Italianate brick commercial structures, many with cast-iron architectural trim. The Shockoe Slip Historic District has served […]
Shockoe Valley and Tobacco Row Historic District
Named for the creek that served as the western boundary of Richmond’s original settlement and for the row of tobacco warehouses and factories that constitute its industrial quarter, the Shockoe […]
St. Luke Building
The St. Luke Building was erected as the national headquarters of the Independent Order of St. Luke, a black benevolent society founded after the Civil War to provide guidance and […]
St. Alban’s Hall
Construction of this Masonic temple, St. Alban’s Hall, began two years after central Richmond burned at the end of the Civil War. Its completion marked part of the city’s return […]
Linden Row
The British concept of connected town houses, or a terrace, is effectively interpreted in red brick and crisp wooden trim on Linden Row, a block of architecturally unified dwellings in […]
Main Street Station and Trainshed
Completed in 1901, the Renaissance-style Main Street Station and Trainshed was designed by Wilson, Harris, and Richards of Philadelphia and served the Chesapeake and Ohio and the Seaboard Air Line […]
William Byrd Hotel
Towering above its neighbors, both residential and commercial, the eleven-story William Byrd Hotel in Richmond proclaims the growing popularity of the steel-frame, high-rise architecture in the 1920s. The hotel was […]
Jackson Ward Historic District
Richmond at the turn of the 20th century had one of the nation’s most thriving Black business communities. The hub of this activity was Jackson Ward with its fraternal organizations, […]
James River and Kanawha Canal Historic District
The linear James River and Kanawha Canal Historic District includes the canal route from the Great Ship Lock in the east end of the city of Richmond to Bosher’s Dam […]
