Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 79003290 Opened 1930 Architectural style Art Deco Architect John Eberson | Built 1929 VLR # 127-0309 Height 86 m Added to NRHP 20 September 1979 | |
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Location 3rd and Broad Sts., Richmond, Virginia Part of Broad Street Commercial Historic District (#87000611)
Grace Street Commercial Historic District (#98000739) Similar Central National Bank Buil, West Hospital, Hotel John Marshall, Downtown Richmond - Virginia, Richmond CenterStage | ||
The Central National Bank building is a 23-story Art Deco skyscraper located in Richmond, Virginia. Completed in 1929, it was one of the first skyscrapers in the city of Richmond not in the heart of the financial district. According to architectural historian Richard Guy Wilson, it and the West Hospital building, are the only two skyscrapers in Richmond to have used the fashionable Art Deco ziggurat-inspired setback, and only a few others exist elsewhere in Virginia. When the bank later changed hands, it was known as the Central Fidelity Bank. It was used as a branch bank for Wachovia Corp. until that closed in 2000. After nearly fifteen years of vacancy, it was converted into apartments, and the first resident moved into the building in mid-2016. The redevelopment is called to "Deco at CNB," a 200-apartment development by Douglas Development Corp.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. It is located in the Grace Street Commercial Historic District.