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Virginia Eye Center

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1990, Bond Comet Westmoreland and Hiner. Huguenot Bridge, north end (River Road Shopping Center, right toward the Huguenot Bridge, building is on the left)
  • Virginia Eye Center (Richard Guy Wilson)
  • Virginia Eye Center (Richard Guy Wilson)
  • Virginia Eye Center (Richard Guy Wilson)

This large building with complex, low-slung gables appears to float several feet above the floodplain. Obviously built with some care to accommodate the floodwaters of the James, it is one of the finer among the more recent office buildings in western Henrico County.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Richard Guy Wilson et al.
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What's Nearby

Westham Plantation House
Huguenot Bridge and Kanawha Canal
Residences
University of Richmond
Wilton

Citation

Richard Guy Wilson et al., "Virginia Eye Center", [Richmond, Virginia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/VA-01-RI367.

Print Source

Buildings of Virginia: Tidewater and Piedmont, Richard Guy Wilson and contributors. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002, 292-292.

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