THEN

NOW

The Lexington Hotel - 12th & Main Street,
Richmond VA - 1905

The Lexington Hotel - 12th & Main Street,
Richmond VA - September 29, 2002

Thomas Jefferson sent from France a plaster model he had prepared in collaboration with the French architect, Charles Louis Clarisseau, as a modified design of the Maison Carre, late Roman temple at Nimes. The capitol antedated by more than 20 years the Madeleine in Paris, first example in Europe of similar quasi-literal temple architecture.

The cornerstone was laid in 1785 but the capitol was not completed in time to house the ratification convention in June, 1788, although the general assembly met in the unfinished building in October. The original portion was finished in 1792 under the supervision of Samuel Dobie and the brick was covered with stucco in 1798.

The wings and the long flight of steps were built in 1904-05. Virginia State Capitol.   

Richmond, VA, 1902

Virginia State Capitol
Richmond VA, 9/25/2002

Washington Monument on Capitol Square,
Union soldiers, April 14, 1865

Washington Monument - 9/25/02
Capitol Square, Richmond, Virginia

8th and Broad Street looking east 1896.
Murphy's Hotel on southeast corner of 8th Street

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Lyric Theater at 9th & Broad Street
Keith Vaudeville & Old Dominion Barn Dance -
Built in 1913 / Torn down in 1963

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