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William Byrd Hotel

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Built
  
1925 (1925)

VLR #
  
127-0466

Opened
  
1925

Architectural style
  
Neoclassical architecture

Architect
  
Marcellus E. Wright Sr.

NRHP Reference #
  
96001454

Designated VLR
  
September 18, 1996

Area
  
2,000 m²

Added to NRHP
  
16 December 1996

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Location
  
2501 W. Broad St., Richmond, Virginia

Similar
  
Jefferson Hotel, Agecroft Hall, Branch House, Virginia Holocaust Museum, Monroe Park

William Byrd Hotel is a historic hotel building located in Richmond, Virginia. It was built in 1925, and is an 11-story, Classical Revival style building consisting of a base, shaft and capital. It is a steel frame building clad in limestone, buff brick, and with terra cotta decorative elements. The building is topped by a three-story penthouse with a one-story addition. The hotel ceased operation in the 1980s, and the building was renovated into apartments in 1996.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

References

William Byrd Hotel Wikipedia


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