Egyptian Building
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- Collection:
- Ronnie Pitman
- Date:
- 2018-05-25 12:14:51
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Richmond, Virginia
(inherited from collection) - Description:
- E. Marshall Street at College Street Richmond, Virginia 37º32'22" N, 77º25'46" W Happening upon this building some years ago, my first surprise was seeing an Egyptian temple in British colonial-Confederate Richmond. The second surprise was reading that this is one of the finest examples in America of Egyptian Revival style. How many can there be? In any case, the building was built for a medical college, and the rationale for the style was that the first identifiable physican in history was Imhotep, who lived in Egypt some 48 centuries ago. From a plaque outside the building: "In Oct. 1844. Hampden-Sydney College's medical department first held classes in this Egyptian Revival structure designed by Philadelphia architect Thomas S. Stewart. Completed in 1846, it provided educational and clinical facilities for the medical school, which later became a centerpiece of the Medical College of Virginia. It is now part of Virginia Commonwealth University. The structure, named the Egyptian Building in 1927, was extensively renovated twelve years later to carry the Egyptian style to the interior. As one of the nation's finest examples of the Egyptian Revival style, the Egyptian Building was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1971." (I tried correcting the wide-angle distortion of this photo but the building, which is not a cube, is more accurately represented with the perspective left as is.)
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