Buildings We Love
Historic Second Baptist Church. Process Matters.
Historic Richmond learned last night that the City of Richmond has changed its position and plans to issue a demolition permit for the historic Second Baptist Church. Since we first…
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Press Conference TODAY at 1:30 p.m.
Please join us for a PRESS CONFERENCE AT 1:30 AT FRANKLIN AND FOUSHEE STREETS! We have just learned that the City of Richmond has changed its position and plans to…
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Historic Richmond Brown Bag Lunch: A Virtual Walk Around Shockoe
Historic Richmond Brown Bag Lunch: A Virtual Walk Around Shockoe Shockoe is the valley where Richmond began. It is not only Richmond’s oldest neighborhood, but also has Richmond’s oldest surviving…
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The Power of Preservation for People and Places – Pump House
We are excited to be partnering with the Friends of the Pump House and the City of Richmond Department of Parks and Recreation to develop preservation solutions for the Byrd…
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Gateway Corridor Revitalization- UPDATE!
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”48″ gal_title=”SBH update”] Earlier this year we announced the details of our new partnership with project:HOMES and the City of Richmond to rehabilitate three historic homes for affordable housing…
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East Stairwell of Monumental Church
The East Stairwell of Monumental Church has a fresh coat of paint! This stunning color from Benjamin Moore is called Mochachino and was recently painted by H.J. Hotlz and Son.…
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Faux Graining: The Doors of Monumental Church
We are excited to present the completed faux graining to the inner sanctuary doors at Monumental Church! In 2017 Black Creek Workshop completed a paint analysis and reveal of the…
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Buildings We Love: St. Luke Building
St. Luke Building 902 St. James Street Edwardian style architecture “The original part of this building was constructed in 1903 to house one of many fraternal and self-help organizations for…
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Buildings We Love: Old City Hall
Old City Hall, 1887-1894 1001 E. Broad St High Victorian Gothic In complete contrast to Jefferson’s calm, classical Capitol, architect Elijah E. Meyers designed this paean to Victorian architecture. The…
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Buildings We Love: Cathedral of the Sacred Heart
18 North Laurel Street Built in 1903-1906 in Renaissance Revival Style. This church was built to accommodate the Catholic population that had outgrown St. Peter’s Church on Grace Street.…
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Buildings We Love: Kent-Valentine House
Buildings We Love: 12 East Franklin Street Kent-Valentine House, 1845 Colonial Revival. The house is greatly altered from its original appearance by the addition of the classical portico which replaced…
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Places we love: Monroe Park, 1851
Between Belvidere, Laurel, W. Franklin, & W. Main Streets The park once served as the State Fairgrounds and housed a military hospital during the Civil War. After the war, the…
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Buildings we love: William H. Grant House, 1857
1008 E. Clay Street This Italianate mansion, featuring cast-iron hoods over windows, marble steps and an elaborate entrance porch, was built by tobacco merchant William H. Grant. It became Sheltering…
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Buildings we love: Wills House, 1812
407 N. 27th Street This Federal style building is the oldest house remaining in Church Hill North. It is the largest existing frame house in the district and was the…
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Buildings we love: Ebenezer Baptist Church, 1858
216 W. Leigh Street This Neoclassical church was an offshoot of the First African Baptist Church at 301 College Street. This structure was built to replace an earlier frame church.…
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Buildings we love: Masonic Temple, 1893
101-107 W. Broad Street Designed by Jackson Gott, this Romanesque Revival style building has upper floors which once contained meeting rooms and a ballroom. The ground floor was occupied by…
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Buildings we love: Egyptian Building, 1845
1223 E. Marshall Street Built in 1845, this Egyptian Revival style building was designed by Thomas Stewart the for Medical Department of Hampden-Sydney College, which later became the Medical College…
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Buildings we love: Hancock-Wirt-Caskie House
Hancock-Wirt-Caskie House, 2 N. 5th Street. Built in 1808, this Federal style house is an adaptation of a B. Henry Latrobe design and is the last remaining building of its…
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