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Great Shiplock Park 2
2021-04-09 08:56:20
2803 Dock Street Richmond, Virginia 37°31'36" N 77°25'18" W The 28th Street Draw Bridge was built in 1929.
Great Shiplock Park 1
2021-04-09 09:10:36
2803 Dock Street Richmond, Virginia 37°31'36" N 77°25'18" W The 28th Street Draw Bridge, built for rail traiffic in 1929, is the last in a successio…
Curious buildings 137
2021-04-09 08:20:56
Poe's Pub 2706 E. Main Street Richmond, Virginia 37º31'40" N 77º25'9" W So named because Edgar Allan Poe lived in a nearby neighborhood as a young m…
Curious buildings 136
2021-03-29 15:12:57
Richmond, Virginia 37º30'52" N 77º24'58" W This rusty skeleton is located between the east bank of the James River and the Virginia Capital Trail, b…
Curious buildings 135
2021-03-29 14:35:10
502 Goddin Street Richmond, Virginia 37º30'58" N 77º24'38" W
Curious buildings 134
2021-03-29 14:44:50
Airco Air Reduction Sales Company 900 block Bickerstaff Road Richmond, Virginia 37º30'33" N 77º24'28" W My thanks to John Sullivan for his photo o…
Curious buildings 134a
2021-04-01 08:39:54
See Curious buildings 134 for a description of this building. Image source: "Air Reduction Erects New Plants," Acetylene Journal , 1918-1919, Volu…
Curious buildings 133
2021-03-27 11:02:47
Fulton Gas Works gasometer 3301 Williamsburg Avenue Richmond, Virginia 37º31'24" N, 77º24'56" W On the same site as this structure, called a gasomet…
Curious buildings 132
2021-03-27 10:15:56
Intermediate Terminal Warehouse No. 3 Wharf Street Richmond, Virginia 37º31'20" N 77º25'1" W This wonderful building, also known as the Wharf Street…
Curious buildings 131
2021-03-23 11:15:15
Virginia First Financial Services 4400 E. Main Street Richmond, Virginia 37º31'13" N 77º24'57" W This building was reportedly built in 1929 as the h…
Curious buildings 130
2021-03-23 11:09:19
4405 E. Main Street Richmond, Virginia 37º31'10" N 77º24'56" W This building in Rocketts Landing is giving way to construction of new condos.
Curious buildings 129
2021-03-23 12:02:57
Clarke-Palmore House 904 McCoul Street Richmond, Virginia 37º30'19" N 77º24'25" W Construction dates for this house vary; for the original 1½ story …
Curious buildings 128
2021-03-24 13:52:35
2115 Ford Avenue Richmond, Virginia 37º32'58" N 77º25'13" W
Curious buildings 127
2021-03-12 14:14:06
201 W. Brookland Park Boulevard Richmond, Virginia 37º34'18" N 77º26'7" W I always assumed that this had been a bank, but there is a plaque on eithe…
Curious buildings 126
2021-03-12 13:52:44
803 N. 21st Street Richmond, Virginia 37º32'19" N 77º25'8" W These houses were all obviously variations on a theme, but only one is boarded up and u…
Curious buildings 10 revisited, and bid adieu
2021-03-15 13:59:14
1101 N. Arthur Ashe Boulevard Richmond, Virginia 37º33'52" N 77º28'8" W The small, gray building in front of the excavator was my Curious Buildings …
Curious buildings 125
2021-03-12 13:36:37
Pomona 2025 Venable Street Richmond, Virginia 37º32'18" N 77º25'9" W pomonarva.com
Curious buildings 124
2021-03-12 13:05:38
Mt. Sinai Holy Church 2712 Q Street Richmond, Virginia 37º32'13" N 77º24'37" W I believe this white building was originally a duplex or two townhous…
James River Rocks
2021-03-19 15:17:04
Three works by Richmond artist Amie Oliver, from her James River Rocks series. www.amieoliver.info I have always assumed that in her series title, …
Curious buildings 123
2021-03-12 13:33:36
801 N. 21st Street Richmond, Virginia 37º32'18" N 77º25'8" W
Curious buildings 122
2021-03-12 12:53:00
2700 P Street Richmond, Virginia 37º32'12" N 77º24'40" W Sign on building: "East End Confectionery Cigars…." "Confectionery" and "confectionary" are…
Curious buildings 121
2021-03-12 12:40:27
2500 E. Broad Street Richmond, Virginia 37º31'53" N 77º25'7" W There was most recently a branch of SunTrust Bank here but it—the branch—is no longer…
Curious buildings 120
2021-03-12 12:14:11
1600 Valley Road Richmond, Virginia 37º33'12" N 77º25'31" W Pictured is the back of this building, but the front does not look essentially different…
Curious buildings 119
2021-03-12 13:17:02
2601-2605 Q Street Richmond, Virginia 37º32'16" N 77º24'40" W