Belgian Building

	Belgian Building
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Virginia Landmarks Register
Location	Lombardy St., jct. with Brook Rd., Richmond, Virginia
Area	less than one acre
Built	1941
Architect	Victor Bourgeois, Léon Stynen
Architectural style	International Style
NRHP reference No.	01000439
VLR No.	127-0173
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	February 26, 1970
Designated VLR	December 2, 1969

The Belgian Friendship Building or Belgian Pavilion is the former exhibition building for Belgium from the 1939/1940 World's Fair in New York City. It now serves as Barco-Stevens Hall on the campus of Virginia Union University, in Richmond, Virginia.

It was designed by Belgian architects Victor Bourgeois and Léon Stynen under Henry van de Velde, and is notable as an early example of Modernist architecture in the United States. Due to the outbreak of World War II, the Pavilion could not be returned to Belgium. The Belgian government sponsored a competition to determine the building's new home. VUU won, and the Pavilion moved to Richmond in 1941 as VUU's Belgian Friendship Building. Through 1997, the University's library was also located in the Belgian Friendship Building. It is presently VUU's gymnasium. ^[3]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
^ "http://www.bellsforpeace.org/belgianPavilion.htm". Bells for Peace Website. Retrieved Mar 03, 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); External link in |title= (help)

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[register-2] "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.

[3] "http://www.bellsforpeace.org/belgianPavilion.htm". Bells for Peace Website. Retrieved Mar 03, 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); External link in |title= (help)

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