{"nrhp_refnum":"84003574","name":"Richmond Academy of Medicine","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1200 E. Clay St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond (Independent City)","county":"Richmond (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.540964737000024,"lon":-77.42955852299997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-08-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Health/Medicine","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Georgian Revival brick and limestone building at 1200 East Clay Street in Richmond, Virginia, built in 1931-32 and designed by Baskervill & Lambert to house the Richmond Academy of Medicine.","why_significant":"The building embodies the Progressive-era push to unify Richmond's medical profession, following the 1913 merger of two medical schools. It was built jointly with the adjacent Tompkins-McCaw Library of the Medical College of Virginia and was designed to hold the Miller collection of rare medical books and manuscripts. Its restrained Georgian Revival design suits the scale of neighboring historic buildings and evoked Virginia's past.","narrative":"Built in 1931-32 at the corner of Twelfth and Clay streets in Richmond, this two-story Georgian Revival building was designed by Baskervill & Lambert as the home of the Richmond Academy of Medicine. Its brick walls, limestone trim, and 12-over-12 windows frame a central entrance with Corinthian half columns, a broken pediment, and a cartouche bearing a caduceus. Inside are a library, dining room, auditorium, and offices. The building reflects a generation of physicians who worked to unify Richmond's rival medical schools and hospitals after the 1913 merger. It was planned jointly with the Medical College of Virginia's neighboring Tompkins-McCaw Library and was meant to house Dr. Joseph Miller's collection of rare medical books, manuscripts, and silhouettes. The Georgian style and modest scale were chosen to harmonize with nearby historic houses, including the White House of the Confederacy. The Academy's trustees chose in the early 1970s to keep the building as a meeting place for local physicians.","period_of_significance":"1926-1932","architect_builder":"Baskervill & Lambert","architectural_style":"Georgian Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in excellent condition, unaltered and on its original site; used as a museum and for educational purposes.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:59.773303-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/5/6831/41683105/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/84003574.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003574/3feb217859-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003574/3feb217859-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Morgan Riley","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Richmond_Academy_of_Medicine.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:Old_Richmond_Academy_of_Medicine.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/41683105","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond_Academy_of_Medicine","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16899282"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/richmond/richmond-academy-of-medicine-84003574/"}