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Carpenter Building

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c. 1869, c. 1890. 1317 E. Main St.
  • Carpenter Building (Michelle Krone)

Although refaced around 1890, this four-story brick building with cast iron detailing at street level retains some reminders of its original Venetian Revival ornament. The stripping away of ornamental upper floors and their replacement with a more bland brick facade indicates the new academic correctness of the turn of the twentieth century.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Richard Guy Wilson et al.
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Citation

Richard Guy Wilson et al., "Carpenter Building", [Richmond, Virginia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/VA-01-RI119.

Print Source

Buildings of Virginia: Tidewater and Piedmont, Richard Guy Wilson and contributors. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002, 210-211.

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