Richmond Academy of Medicine

Richmond Academy of Medicine

Richmond Academy of Medicine, July 2011
Location 1200 E. Clay St., Richmond, Virginia
Coordinates 37°32′27″N 77°25′47″W / 37.54083°N 77.42972°W / 37.54083; -77.42972Coordinates: 37°32′27″N 77°25′47″W / 37.54083°N 77.42972°W / 37.54083; -77.42972
Area 0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built 1931 (1931)-1932
Architect Baskervill & Lambert
Architectural style Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival
NRHP Reference # 84003574[1]
VLR # 127-0250
Significant dates
Added to NRHP August 16, 1984
Designated VLR May 15, 1984[2]

Richmond Academy of Medicine is a historic medical library building in Richmond, Virginia. It was built in 1931–32, and is a two-story, five bay square, brick and concrete Georgian Revival style building. The building features an elaborately-designed entry with a large broken pediment and a cartouche bearing a caduceus. The building houses a library, dining room, auditorium, and offices. It was designed specifically to house what once was a regionally significant collection of early medical manuscripts, art work, instruments and incunabula.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. ↑ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Richmond Academy of Medicine" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo


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