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Jefferson Hotel
The Jefferson Hotel is one of the nation’s most outstandin...
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...
First African Baptist Church
Built in 1876, First African Baptist Church housed one of ...
Block 00-100 East Franklin Street Historic District
Franklin Street from Capitol Square to Monument Avenue was...
Town of Barton Heights Historic District
The Town of Barton Heights Historic District is a remarkab...
Washington Street Public Boat Landing Facility
The Washington Street Public Boat Landing Facility illustr...
German Club/Assay Office
As its name suggests, the German Club/Assay Office has wit...
Northern Life Tower
The Northern Life Insurance Company was founded in Seattle...
Seattle, Chief of the Suquamish, Statue
The Seattle, Chief of the Suquamish, Statue was created in...
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Jefferson Hotel
The Jefferson Hotel is one of the nation’s most outstanding examples of late 19th-century eclectic architecture. Major Lewis Ginter, the hotel’s patron, commanded the architects to provide Richmond with the finest hotel in America. In an era when sumptuous hotels ...
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, ...
First African Baptist Church
Built in 1876, First African Baptist Church housed one of the oldest African American congregations in Virginia, and all African American Baptist churches in Richmond trace back to this church. The current building replaced the original First Baptist Church dating ...
Block 00-100 East Franklin Street Historic District
Franklin Street from Capitol Square to Monument Avenue was historically a street of fashionable residences in the 19th century and the opening decades of the 20th century. Laid out in 1780, the portion of Franklin Street that is in the ...
Town of Barton Heights Historic District
The Town of Barton Heights Historic District is a remarkably intact turn-of-the-century residential neighborhood in Richmond. The district was the first of a number of private and speculative developments outlying the city’s northside. Developers touted these neighborhoods as a haven ...
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 ...
German Club/Assay Office
As its name suggests, the German Club/Assay Office has witnessed a remarkable series of events during its history. In 1868, Thomas Prosch, noted newspaper publisher, civic leader and secretary of the Chamber of Commerce in Seattle, built the two-story, Italianate ...
Northern Life Tower
The Northern Life Insurance Company was founded in Seattle by D. B. and T. M. Morgan, with assets of $170,232 and a 12 by 12 foot office in the Colman Building. As the firm prospered, it was moved to larger ...
Seattle, Chief of the Suquamish, Statue
The Seattle, Chief of the Suquamish, Statue was created in 1912 and commemorates the relationship between the American Indians of Puget Sound and the incoming European-American settlers. Around 1783, a Suquamish named Noah Sealth was born on Blake Island in ...
