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Office Building (Franklin Federal Savings and Loan Company)

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Franklin Federal Savings and Loan Company
1940, Edward F. Sinnott. 616 E. Franklin St.
  • Office Building (Franklin Federal Savings and Loan Company) (Virginia Division of Historic Resources)

This small building is classical in its symmetry and stoic restraint yet displays festive Art Deco touches such as glass block windows and the stylized eagles that serve as stanchions for the flagpoles.

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Author: 
Richard Guy Wilson et al.
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Richard Guy Wilson et al., "Office Building (Franklin Federal Savings and Loan Company)", [Richmond, Virginia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/VA-01-RI152.

Print Source

Buildings of Virginia: Tidewater and Piedmont, Richard Guy Wilson and contributors. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002, 219-219.

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