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1553–1561 East Main Street

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1900. 1996, renovation, SWA Architects

This block is one of the best groups of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century commercial architecture in the Shockoe Valley area. The entire block has been recently gutted, new storefronts have been inserted, and a parking deck has been constructed at the rear.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Richard Guy Wilson et al.
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Richard Guy Wilson et al., "1553–1561 East Main Street", [Richmond, Virginia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/VA-01-RI41.

Print Source

Buildings of Virginia: Tidewater and Piedmont, Richard Guy Wilson and contributors. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002, 192-192.

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