{"nrhp_refnum":"69000321","name":"Egyptian Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SW corner of E. Marshall and College Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond (Independent City)","county":"Richmond (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.53920779200007,"lon":-77.42948346499998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1969-04-16","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1971-11-11","areas_of_significance":["Health/Medicine","Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A temple-form Egyptian Revival building at the southwest corner of East Marshall and College Streets in Richmond, Virginia, completed in 1845 for the Medical College of Virginia and designed by Thomas Stewart.","why_significant":"It was the first building put up especially for the Medical College of Virginia and is described as the oldest medical college building in the South. The nomination also ranks it as the finest Egyptian Revival building in the nation, a radical departure from Richmond's architectural traditions.","narrative":"Completed in 1845 at the corner of East Marshall and College Streets in Richmond, this Egyptian Revival building was the first constructed specifically for the Medical College of Virginia. The school began in 1838 as a medical department of Hampden-Sydney College, housed in the old Union Hotel, and was later chartered by the state. Thomas Stewart, known for Greek Revival work, designed the structure as a temple form with matching facades at each end. Each has a portico with two palm-capital columns, framed by elongated pylons, and the pylon motif repeats around the side windows. A heavy torus cornice and shallow hipped roof crown the building. The exterior was renovated in 1939, and the original interiors have not survived, though the auditorium from that renovation carries Egyptian-style decoration. It is regarded as the oldest medical college building in the South and the finest Egyptian Revival building in the nation.","period_of_significance":"1845","architect_builder":"Thomas Stewart","architectural_style":"Egyptian Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Owned by Virginia Commonwealth University (Medical College of Virginia); occupied, in fair condition, with an auditorium installed during the 1939 renovation.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.781646-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/11/6832/41683211/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/69000321.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/69000321/c37c20c895-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/69000321/c37c20c895-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Crazyale","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Egyptian_Building,_Richmond,_VA.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:Egyptian_Building,_Richmond,_VA.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/41683211","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5348385"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/richmond/egyptian-building-69000321/"}