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Virginia Governor’s Mansion
The Virginia Governor’s Mansion, formally referred to as t...
United States Post Office and Custom House
Built in 1858 to house Richmond’s Federal customs house, p...
Taylor-Mayo House
Built in 1845 by Samuel Taylor for his son William F. Tayl...
Stewart-Lee House
Originally part of a group of five houses built by tobacco...
Stearns and Donnan-Asher Iron-Front Buildings
The Stearns Iron-Front and Donnan-Asher Iron-Front Buildin...
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Philadelphia’s noted architect of the Greek Revival,...
Second Presbyterian Church
Completed in 1848, Second Presbyterian Church was the firs...
Old First Baptist Church
Famed architect Thomas U. Walter of Philadelphia provided ...
Old City Hall
Old City Hall is a masterpiece of monumental High Victoria...
Monumental Church
Monumental Church is a nationally significant memorial in ...
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Virginia Governor’s Mansion
The Virginia Governor’s Mansion, formally referred to as the Virginia Executive Mansion, is the oldest governor’s mansion in the United States built for that purpose. Its residents have had an important impact on the history of the nation as well ...
United States Post Office and Custom House
Built in 1858 to house Richmond’s Federal customs house, post office, and courthouse, the original portion of the United States Post Office and Custom House is an imposing Italianate building. Its exterior is of local “Petersburg” granite, while the interior ...
Taylor-Mayo House
Built in 1845 by Samuel Taylor for his son William F. Taylor, the Taylor-Mayo House, now known as the Mayo Memorial Church House, is the only surviving private residence in Richmond in the form of a Greek temple. The building ...
Stewart-Lee House
Originally part of a group of five houses built by tobacco merchant Norman Stewart between 1844 and 1849, the Stewart-Lee House is the solitary domestic survivor of what once was one of Richmond’s finest residential blocks. The house ranks among ...
Stearns and Donnan-Asher Iron-Front Buildings
The Stearns Iron-Front and Donnan-Asher Iron-Front Buildings, known collectively as “the Iron Fronts”, are a series of cast iron-fronted commercial buildings. Construction began in 1866, a mere year after downtown Richmond burned to the ground near the end of the ...
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Philadelphia’s noted architect of the Greek Revival, Thomas S. Stewart, designed St. Paul’s Church. Stewart was also responsible for the monumental Egyptian Building, completed in the same year as the church, 1845. St. Paul’s is a noteworthy example of Greek ...
Second Presbyterian Church
Completed in 1848, Second Presbyterian Church was the first Gothic style church built in a city known for its allegiance to classical architecture. Patterned after a design by Minard Lafever, author of the 1829 publication Young Builder’s General Instructor, the ...
Old First Baptist Church
Famed architect Thomas U. Walter of Philadelphia provided the restrained but authoritative Greek Revival design for the Old First Baptist Church. Walter, best known as architect for the dome of the U.S. Capitol, designed some 10 buildings for Virginia. Old ...
Old City Hall
Old City Hall is a masterpiece of monumental High Victorian Gothic design. This grand edifice remains a testament to the ambition and pride in democracy of the people of Richmond. Completed in 1894, eight years after the groundbreaking ceremony, Old ...
Monumental Church
Monumental Church is a nationally significant memorial in honor of the victims of a disastrous theater fire. The building is also among America’s earliest and most distinctive Greek Revival churches designed by one of the nation’s most important early architects. ...
