{"nrhp_refnum":"08000341","name":"United Daughters of the Confederacy Memorial Building","other_names":["DHR File # 127-0398-0054"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"328 North Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond (Independent City)","county":"Richmond (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.55724811700003,"lon":-77.47382623299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-04-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, marble-clad Stripped Classical headquarters building at 328 North Boulevard in Richmond, Virginia, designed by architect Louis W. Ballou and completed in 1957 as the national headquarters of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is significant under Criterion C as a local example of Stripped Classical architecture, chosen to contrast with the Classical Revival buildings beside it. It is also argued under Criterion A in Social History as the only building in the United States built as a memorial to the women of the Confederacy, largely through women's fundraising. It is the principal national symbol of the organization.","narrative":"Located at 328 North Boulevard in Richmond, this one-story building clad in white-veined Georgia marble serves as the national headquarters of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Architect Louis W. Ballou designed it in the Stripped Classical style, a modernist take on classical forms without rich ornament. It has a three-part plan, a hipped-roof central pavilion, flanking wings, and seventeen-foot bronze entrance doors designed to resemble a mausoleum. Inside are a foyer, a Great Hall, libraries, offices and a dining room. Groundbreaking took place on April 17, 1955, and the building was dedicated on November 11, 1957, after about $346,000 was raised from UDC chapters and divisions. A 1996 two-story addition was built at the rear. It was listed for its architecture and for its place in social history. The nomination describes it as the only building in the country built as a memorial to the women of the Confederacy, largely through women's contributions, and as the organization's national symbol.","period_of_significance":"1955-1957","architect_builder":"Louis W. Ballou, Architect","architectural_style":"Stripped Classical","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as the UDC national headquarters, with an auditorium, offices and libraries; a two-story rear addition was made in 1996.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.463315-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/41/6832/41683241/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/08000341.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000341/f3e67d5a88-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000341/f3e67d5a88-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Morgan Riley","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Headquarters_of_the_United_Daughters_of_the_Confederacy.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Morgan Riley</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Headquarters_of_the_United_Daughters_of_the_Confederacy.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/41683241","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_to_the_Women_of_the_Confederacy","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16902346"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/richmond/united-daughters-of-the-confederacy-memorial-building-08000341/"}