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West Hospital
Status: December, 2024 West Hospital Virginia Commonwealth University 1200 E Broad St. Historic West Hospital is an architectural landmark along East Broad Street. Designed by Baskervill & Son and built in 1941, it is unique as an Art Deco high rise hospital funded by the Public Works Administration. Now…
Mayo Bridge
October 2024 Update: The promised VDOT Citizen Information Meeting open house took place on September 17, 2024. Three concepts were displayed, all featuring four lanes of traffic. Staff spoke with both the project manager, William Wheeler, and the VDOT Section 106 team, who reiterated that they were still very…
Richmond Community Hospital Building
Status: Update: December 10, 2024 Want to learn more about Richmond Community Hospital and its place in Richmond history? Click here to read “A Tale of Two Hospitals.” Update: October 23, 2024 Virginia Union University announced today that they will be preserving the entire original structure as part of their…
Blues Armory
Blues Armory Year Built: Circa 1910 Architectural Style: Castellated District: Court End/Downtown Richmond was once home to five civic armories, built over a 30-year period beginning in the 1880s during the nation-wide armory construction movement. Our two remaining regimental armories are memorable examples of the massive urban armories erected…
Blues Armory
Spring 2023 Update: The City of Richmond is in the midst of a solicitation process to select a development partner to purchase and redevelop approximately 9.4 acres of EDA-owned property in Richmond’s City Center Innovation District (“City Center”), including the stunning and historic Blues Armory. The City’s vision for…
William Fox School
Status: Update: February 2024 Last November, the School Board awarded a $30M contract to Gulf Seaboard General Contractors, Inc. and work has begun! They have started abatement and continue cleaning in the basement level. The mold that began growing inside prior to the addition of the temporary roof has…
Thirteen Acres School
Status: Update: 2024 Thirteen Acres School: Preservation Virginia included Thirteen Acres School on their 2023 list of Most Endangered Places. Update: 2022 In our spring 2021 newsletter, we highlighted Thirteen Acres (c. 1885), one of the oldest surviving structures in the Hermitage Road Historic District. In January 2023, thanks…
Moore St School
Status: 2024 Update: Moore St School: Preservation Virginia included the Moore Street School on their 2023 list of Most Endangered Places. The MSSF is still in the process of trying to obtain control of the property, they continue to make progress in fundraising and strategic planning. 2022: In 2022,…
Second Baptist Church: DEMOLITION ALERT!
Status: UPDATE 2/12/22 Richmond’s grassroots efforts continue, with a rally to save Richmond landmark Second Baptist Church today, at 3. Please share. https://www.instagram.com/p/CZ4UjraFxCs/ UPDATE 2/11/22 1:30 p.m. Historic Richmond learned last night that the City of Richmond has changed its position and plans to issue a demolition permit for the…
Westwood (McGuire Cottage)
Year Built: 1880s-1890s Architectural Style: Italianate Cottage Neighborhood: Sherwood Park Update: January 29, 2021 It is profoundly distressing that Union Presbyterian Seminary has demolished one of the oldest surviving structures in Northside – Westwood house, also known locally as the McGuire Cottage. We share the outrage of those in…