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First National Bank Building
The First National Bank Building dating from 1913 is the f...
First Battalion Virginia Volunteers Armory
Built in the 1890s to house an African American military b...
Chestnut Hill--Plateau Historic District
Chestnut Hill and the adjoining subdivision The Plateau we...
Seattle Electric Company Georgetown Steam Plant
The Seattle Electric Company's Georgetown Steam Plant exem...
Seattle International District
The architecture of the International District documents A...
King Street Station
King Street Station documents Seattle's development into t...
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
The Seattle Unit of the Klondike Gold Rush National Histor...
Washington Street Public Boat Landing Facility
The Washington Street Public Boat Landing Facility illustr...
Paramount Theater
The Paramount Theatre opened on March 1, 1928 at the end o...
Coliseum Theater
A 1931 issue of the Journal of the Royal Institute of Arch...
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First National Bank Building
The First National Bank Building dating from 1913 is the first skyscraper in Richmond, and a wonderful example of turn-of-the-century Neoclassical Revival architecture. Nineteen stories tall, the building crowned the city’s skyline until its height was surpassed in 1930. Constructed ...
First Battalion Virginia Volunteers Armory
Built in the 1890s to house an African American military battalion, this castle-like building’s official name was the First Battalion Virginia Volunteers Armory. The armory served as headquarters for the First Battalion Virginia Volunteers Infantry, Richmond’s first African American regiment, ...
Chestnut Hill--Plateau Historic District
Chestnut Hill and the adjoining subdivision The Plateau were originally the site of Mont Comfort, a farm Richmonder Samuel DuVal owned in the 18th century. The extension of a street across the ravine known as Cannon’s Branch in the 1890s ...
Seattle Electric Company Georgetown Steam Plant
The Seattle Electric Company's Georgetown Steam Plant exemplifies America's acceptance of, then reliance upon, electricity. After Thomas Edison introduced this new form of power in New York in 1882, electricity quickly moved from a simple curiosity to a "requirement" for ...
Seattle International District
The architecture of the International District documents Asian immigrants' attempts to create a culture that blends both Asian and American traditions. Among the city's earliest residents were the Chinese immigrants who provided the cheap labor that helped make the first ...
King Street Station
King Street Station documents Seattle's development into the major transportation center of the Pacific Northwest. In the years following the Civil War, western towns like Seattle competed fiercely to attract railroad service. They recognized the incredible economic benefits that could ...
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
The Seattle Unit of the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park commemorates the city's role as the most important staging area for the gold rush of the 1890s. When the steamer S. S. Portland arrived in the harbor on July ...
Washington Street Public Boat Landing Facility
The Washington Street Public Boat Landing Facility illustrates Seattle's long-running reliance on the waters of Puget Sound and the Pacific Ocean. The earliest European American settlers chose the area in the 1850s partly because of its natural harbor, and since ...
Paramount Theater
The Paramount Theatre opened on March 1, 1928 at the end of an era. Thomas Edison first introduced "Motion Pictures" to Americans in 1896. By the 1910s, opportunistic playhouse managers grasped their money-making potential--Americans would pay for the chance to ...
Coliseum Theater
A 1931 issue of the Journal of the Royal Institute of Architects referred to Seattle's Coliseum Theater as "the first of the world's movie palaces." The Coliseum is an early example of these large-scale, luxuriously-decorated theaters designed specifically for the ...
