Virginia Department of Highways Building

Year: 1937
Style: Neoclassical
City: Richmond, VA

The Virginia Department of Highways Building went up in downtown Richmond in 1937, in the Stripped Classicism style that Depression-era governments favored for its monumental, transitional take on classicism. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated a Virginia Historic Landmark.

the building

Facade. The building presents a monumental government facade to the street, its Stripped Classicism paring classical form down to simplified, blocky lines suited to a 1930s state office building.

the style

Stripped Classicism was a transitional Depression-era mode of classicism, and the building is identified as an example of it, dated to 1937.

significance

The building is a Virginia Historic Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

nearby

Charlotte Williams Memorial Hospital 320 ft · Renaissance Revival
Monumental Church 370 ft · Greek Revival
First African Baptist Church 410 ft · Greek Revival · 1877
First Baptist Church 510 ft · Greek Revival
Governor’s Mansion 520 ft · Federal · 1813
George Washington Building 0.1 mi · Beaux-Arts

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