Seaboard Air Line Railway Building, also known as the Wainwright Building, is a historic

office An office is a space where the employees of an organization perform Business administration, administrative Work (human activity), work in order to support and realize the various goals of the organization. The word "office" may also denote a po ...

building located in

Norfolk, Virginia Norfolk ( ) is an independent city (United States), independent city in the U.S. state of Virginia. It had a population of 238,005 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of cities in Virginia, third-most populous city ...

. It was built in 1925–1926 as headquarters for

Seaboard Air Line Railroad The Seaboard Air Line Railroad , known colloquially as the Seaboard Railroad during its time, was an American railroad that existed from April 14, 1900, until July 1, 1967, when it merged with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, its longtime ri ...

. It is a nine-story, 92,000 square-foot, steel reinforced concrete building. It is V-shaped and faced in textured yellow brick with numerous stone decorative elements in the

Late Gothic Revival Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an Architectural style, architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second half of the 17th century became a widespread movement in the first half ...

style. an
''Accompanying five photos''
/ref> It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

in 2013. The building was converted to luxury apartments in 2013 and is now known as The Wainwright Downtown.

References

External links

The Wainwright Downtown website
Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Commercial buildings completed in 1926 Gothic Revival architecture in Virginia Buildings and structures in Norfolk, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Norfolk, Virginia Downtown Norfolk, Virginia {{NorfolkVA-NRHP-stub