The Central National Bank building is a 23-story (282 ft)

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skyscraper located in

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. Completed in 1929, it was one of the first

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s in the city of Richmond not in the heart of the financial district. According to architectural historian Richard Guy Wilson, it and the

West Hospital West Hospital is a building on the Medical College of Virginia Campus of Virginia Commonwealth University noted for its Art Deco architecture. It was commissioned by the Federal Works Agency;Public Works Administration and dedicated in 1940. T ...

building, are the only two skyscrapers in Richmond to have used the fashionable Art Deco ziggurat-inspired setback, and only a few others exist elsewhere in Virginia. When the bank later changed hands, it was known as the

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. It was used as a branch bank for

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until that closed in 2000. After nearly fifteen years of vacancy, it was converted into apartments, and the first resident moved into the building in mid-2016. The redevelopment is called to "Deco at CNB," a 200-apartment development by

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. It was added to the

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in 1979. It is located in the

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SAH Archipedia Building Entry
National Register of Historic Places in Richmond, Virginia Art Deco architecture in Virginia Commercial buildings completed in 1929 Bank buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Virginia Residential skyscrapers in Virginia Skyscrapers in Richmond, Virginia {{RichmondCityVA-NRHP-stub

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