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

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building located in

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. It was built in 1925–1926 as headquarters for

Seaboard Air Line Railroad The Seaboard Air Line Railroad , which styled itself "The Route of Courteous Service," was an American railroad which existed from April 14, 1900, until July 1, 1967, when it merged with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, its longtime rival, t ...

. 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 style. an
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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