You are here

Virginia: Tidewater and Piedmont » Richmond Metropolitan Area » East Main Street » Exchange Place

Exchange Place

-A A +A
c. 1870–1872. 1987, renovation, Richard L. Ford. 1315 (originally 1315–1309) E. Main St.
  • Exchange Place (Michelle Krone)

Five formerly independent two- and three-story commercial buildings from the early 1870s now constitute this modern office complex. They were constructed within two years of each other and occupied by different businesses, from an auction house to a real estate office. Each had a cast iron first floor and brick upper floors, some with cast iron details. In poor shape by the early 1980s, they were carefully preserved and rehabilitated.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Richard Guy Wilson et al.
×

Data

What's Nearby

Carpenter Building
Gardner Building
Oppenheimer Building
State Corporation Commission Building
Cohen Building

Citation

Richard Guy Wilson et al., "Exchange Place", [Richmond, Virginia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/VA-01-RI120.

Print Source

Buildings of Virginia: Tidewater and Piedmont, Richard Guy Wilson and contributors. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002, 211-211.

If SAH Archipedia has been useful to you, please consider supporting it.

SAH Archipedia tells the story of the United States through its buildings, landscapes, and cities. This freely available resource empowers the public with authoritative knowledge that deepens their understanding and appreciation of the built environment. But the Society of Architectural Historians, which created SAH Archipedia with University of Virginia Press, needs your support to maintain the high-caliber research, writing, photography, cartography, editing, design, and programming that make SAH Archipedia a trusted online resource available to all who value the history of place, heritage tourism, and learning.

,