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United Daughters of the Confederacy National Headquarters

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1952, Ballou and Justice. 1996, renovation, Cox and Associates. 328 N. Boulevard
  • United Daughters of the Confederacy National Headquarters (Photograph by Patricia Lynette Searl)
  • United Daughters of the Confederacy National Headquarters (Photograph by Patricia Lynette Searl)

While decidedly modernist, this building uses a classical composition, a center block with lower flanking wings and a pyramidal roof. The large bronze doors and severe marble exterior give the effect of a mausoleum with a generally forbidding aspect.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Richard Guy Wilson et al.
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Citation

Richard Guy Wilson et al., "United Daughters of the Confederacy National Headquarters", [Richmond, Virginia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/VA-01-RI309.

Print Source

Buildings of Virginia: Tidewater and Piedmont, Richard Guy Wilson and contributors. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002, 264-264.

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