The Central National Bank building is a 23-story (282 ft
)
Art Deco
Art Deco, short for the French ''Arts Décoratifs'', and sometimes just called Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in France in the 1910s (just before World War I), and flourished in the Unit ...
skyscraper located in
Richmond, Virginia
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. Completed in 1929, it was one of the first
skyscraper
A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable building having multiple floors. Modern sources currently define skyscrapers as being at least or in height, though there is no universally accepted definition. Skyscrapers are very tall high-ri ...
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 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
Central Fidelity Bank. It was used as a branch bank for
Wachovia Corp. 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
Douglas Development Corp.
It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artist ...
in 1979.
[ It is located in the Grace Street Commercial Historic District.
]
See also
* Allied Arts Building
References
External links
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
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