{"nrhp_refnum":"85003203","name":"Allied Arts Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"725 Church St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lynchburg (Independent City)","county":"Lynchburg","state":"VA","lat":37.414661925000075,"lon":-79.14397740699997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-12-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A seventeen-story steel-framed office building at 725 Church Street in downtown Lynchburg, Virginia, faced in yellow brick and greenstone and completed in 1931.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as one of Virginia's most impressive Art Deco skyscrapers and a rare example of that style in an otherwise conservative state. It was designed by Stanhope S. Johnson and Addison Staples and was the city's tallest building when completed. It also holds the best example of locally quarried greenstone used in profusion and highly polished.","narrative":"Rising seventeen stories above Church Street in downtown Lynchburg, this steel-framed office tower was completed in 1931 and clad in yellow brick and polished local greenstone. Its narrow 40-foot facade and tall, vertical piers divide the building into a base, an office shaft and a capital, following the tall-building design of its era. Lynchburg architects Stanhope S. Johnson and Addison Staples designed it for a corporation formed by local business leaders in 1928, drawing inspiration from journal photographs of large office buildings. Both had previously worked in more conservative styles. It was the city's tallest structure until 1974 and is described as a rare Virginia example of Art Deco skyscraper design. The greenstone, taken from a quarry that has since closed, was used here more extensively than in any earlier building. Interior details include a metal elevator grill depicting creation. The building still serves as offices and remains largely unaltered.","period_of_significance":"1929-31","architect_builder":"Stanhope S. Johnson & Addison Staples","architectural_style":"Art Deco","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as an office building with consistently high occupancy; described as virtually unchanged since 1931, with condition marked excellent.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.315452-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/31/6817/41681731/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/85003203.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003203/8b3dd5155b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003203/8b3dd5155b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Ben Schumin","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Allied_Arts_Building.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ben Schumin</a>, <a href=\"http://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:Allied_Arts_Building.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681731","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_Arts_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4732548"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/lynchburg/allied-arts-building-85003203/"}