The Branch Museum of Architecture and Design
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- Ronnie Pitman
- Date:
- 2018-06-05 11:43:50
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Richmond, Virginia
(inherited from collection) - Description:
- 2501 Monument Avenue Richmond, Virginia 37º33'30" N, 77º28'4" W John Russell Pope, architect of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial, the National Archives, and the West Wing of the National Gallery of Art, all in Washington, D.C., completed this 27,000 square foot house on eleven levels in 1919 for John Kerr Branch and Beulah Frances Gould Branch. The family stayed in this home only during the winter months, spending the spring season in Italy and summers in New York. Mrs. Branch was active in the Woman's Suffrage movement and was a board member of the Richmond Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; her husband was a banker. After some intermediate owners, the Virginia Center for Architecture Foundation bought the property in 2003 and opened it to the public two years later. In 2015 the Foundation morphed into The Branch Museum of Architecture and Design. The orange structure in the front court is Meggie Kelley's "porch," winner of the Branch's first design-build challenge. Anyone walking aroung Kelley's pavilion will be presented with a front porch from every vantage point.
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