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St. Luke Building

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Built
  
1902 (1902), 1915-1920

VLR #
  
127-0352

Area
  
2,000 m²

Added to NRHP
  
16 September 1982

NRHP Reference #
  
82004589

Designated VLR
  
April 21, 1982

Architectural style
  
Edwardian architecture

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Location
  
900 St. James St., Richmond, Virginia

Similar
  
Maggie L Walker National, Agecroft Hall, Branch House, Virginia Holocaust Museum, Monroe Park

St. Luke Building is a historic office building located in Richmond, Virginia. It was built in 1902, and is a four-story, brick Edwardian style building. It was remodeled and enlarged in 1915-1920. The building has a yellow pressed-brick facade and red brick secondary walls. The building held the offices of the Independent Order of St. Luke, an African-American fraternal society. The office of Maggie L. Walker, longtime head of the Order, is preserved as it was at the time of her death in 1934.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

References

St. Luke Building Wikipedia