{"nrhp_refnum":"06000346","name":"Fraternal Order of Eagles Building","other_names":["127-5885"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"220 E. Marshall St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond (Independent City)","county":"Richmond (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.547241851000024,"lon":-77.43848861599997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-05-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story brick Neoclassical Revival building at 220 East Marshall Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia, built in 1914 as the clubhouse of the Richmond chapter of the Fraternal Order of Eagles and designed by the Richmond firm Asbury and Whitehurst.","why_significant":"It is significant under Criterion A as the local headquarters of a fraternal organization, representing the broad role such groups played in providing mutual aid before the welfare state. Under Criterion C it is a well-articulated example of Neoclassical Revival design and one of the few non-residential works of the local firm Asbury and Whitehurst.","narrative":"Built in 1914 at 220 East Marshall Street in Richmond, this three-story brick building served as the clubhouse of the local Fraternal Order of Eagles chapter, Dixie Aerie No. 338, until the mid-1980s. Asbury and Whitehurst, a Richmond firm best known for houses, designed it in the Neoclassical Revival style, with Flemish bond brick, cast-stone details, a Doric entrance surround and a stepped parapet. Inside were a reception hall, a second-floor auditorium used for dinners and dances, a third-floor ritual meeting room, and a basement gathering room. The building was listed for two reasons: it reflects the role fraternal organizations played in mutual aid before modern welfare, and it is a well-crafted work of a locally respected architectural firm. After sitting vacant for years, it was converted in 2005 into eleven apartments and a basement commercial space. The exterior remains unaltered, and the main stair, columns, beams and wainscoting were retained.","period_of_significance":"1914-1955","architect_builder":"Asbury and Whitehurst","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Classical Revival/Neoclassical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Vacant for almost ten years after the Eagles sold it in the late 1980s; renovated in 2005 into eleven apartments with a commercial space in the basement. The exterior is unaltered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.64173-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/39/6831/41683139/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/06000346.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000346/d6a0103a9a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000346/d6a0103a9a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Crazyale","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fraternal_Order_of_Eagles.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Crazyale</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fraternal_Order_of_Eagles.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"71000982","name":"James River and Kanawha Canal Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/james-river-and-kanawha-canal-historic-district-71000982/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683139","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraternal_Order_of_Eagles_Building_(Richmond,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5493809"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/richmond/fraternal-order-of-eagles-building-06000346/"}