Main Street Banking Historic District (Boundary Decrease)
Also known as VDHR#127-6031
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About the district
The Main Street Banking Historic District is a national historic district located in downtown Richmond, Virginia. The district encompasses 19 contributing buildings located south of the Virginia State Capitol and west of the Shockoe Slip Historic District. It is the location of a number of buildings built for or occupied by banking institutions. The district includes representative examples of the Late Victorian and International Style architecture built between about 1865 and 1965. Notable buildings include the Virginia Employment Commission Building (1960), the 700 Building (1964), the Ross Building (1964), the Fidelity Building (1965).
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700 E Main St, 705-711 E Main St, 801 E Main St, 830-838 E Main St, Richmond · about 0.1 miles on foot, as the crow flies
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First National Bank BuildingNeo-Classical Revival · next door - 3
Virginia Mutual BuildingNeo-Classical Revival · Built 1921 · next door - 4
Branch BuildingCommercial · 0.1 mi on - 5
Stearns Iron-Front BuildingItalianate · next door
Italianate style, nearby
Other National Register listings within 25 miles described as Italianate.
Memories of Main Street Banking Historic District (Boundary Decrease)
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Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 41682965 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.