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Eighth and Main Building

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1976, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. 707 E. Main St. (at 8th St.)

Cleanly articulated but fairly bland, this office tower appears to splay near the roofline because the window openings become taller rather than shorter toward the top.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Richard Guy Wilson et al.
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Citation

Richard Guy Wilson et al., "Eighth and Main Building", [Richmond, Virginia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/VA-01-RI140.

Print Source

Buildings of Virginia: Tidewater and Piedmont, Richard Guy Wilson and contributors. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002, 216-216.

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