Branch House in Richmond, Virginia was designed in 1916 by John Russell Pope as a private residence for John Kerr Branch and is currently home to the Virginia Center for Architecture as well as the Virginia Society of the American Institute of Architects. The house lies within Richmond's Monument Avenue Historic District and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1984.[1]
[edit] History
The two-story residence is located at 2501 Monument Avenue in the Fan district of Richmond, Virginia and comprises27,000 sq ft (2,500 m2). Commissioned in 1916 by John Kerr Branch, the house was designed by architect John Russell Pope, who subsequently designed the Broad Street Station two blocks away. Completed in 1919, the house was designed in the Tudor-Jacobean style and remains one of a few works by Pope in which the original interior has survived.[citation needed]
In 1953 the Branch family gifted the house to the United Givers Fund, which, in turn, sold the mansion to Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance in 1982. The house was once again sold in 2003, this time to the Virginia Center for Architecture Foundation. In 2005, the Virginia Center for Architecture opened, providing exhibitions, tours, and lectures on architecture.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- The Virginia Landmarks Register. ed. Calder Loth
[edit] External links
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