William Byrd Hotel

United States historic place

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William Byrd Hotel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register

William Byrd Hotel, December 2011
37°33′36″N 77°28′1″W / 37.56000°N 77.46694°W / 37.56000; -77.46694
Area	0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built	1925 (1925)
Architect	Marcellus E. Wright Sr.
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	96001454^[1]
VLR No.	127-0466
Added to NRHP	December 16, 1996
Designated VLR	September 18, 1996^[2]

William Byrd Hotel is a historic hotel building located in Richmond, Virginia. It was built in 1925, and is an 11-story, Classical Revival style building consisting of a base, shaft and capital. It is a steel frame building clad in limestone, buff brick, and with terra cotta decorative elements. The building is topped by a three-story penthouse with a one-story addition. The hotel ceased operation in the 1980s, and the building was renovated into apartments in 1996.^[3] As of 2017^[update], the William Byrd Apartments were owned by Project: Homes, a regional nonprofit dedicated to providing housing for low-income seniors.^[4]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
^ Hugh C. Miller (July 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: William Byrd Hotel" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
^ Hazard, Carol (March 21, 2017). "Historic William Byrd Senior Apartments in Richmond gets a major redo". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved September 23, 2017.