Allied Arts Building

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Allied Arts Building
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Allied Arts Building
Allied Arts Building is located in Virginia
Allied Arts Building
Location725 Church St., Lynchburg, Virginia
Coordinates37°24′52″N 79°8′39″W / 37.41444°N 79.14417°W / 37.41444; -79.14417Coordinates: 37°24′52″N 79°8′39″W / 37.41444°N 79.14417°W / 37.41444; -79.14417
Arealess than one acre
Built1929 (1929)
ArchitectJohnson, Stanhope S.; Staples, Addison
Architectural styleArt Deco
NRHP reference No.85003203[1]
VLR No.118-0110
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 19, 1985
Designated VLRApril 16, 1985[2]

The Allied Arts Building is a historic high-rise building located at 725 Church Street in Lynchburg, Virginia. It is currently being remodeled for apartments. [3]

Construction of the building began in 1929 and was completed in 1931, and it was designed by and . The 17-story, 40-foot (12 m) by 132-foot (40 m) building is steel framed and faced in yellow brick and greenstone in Art Deco style.[4] Its outer shape and design is very similar to that of the Central National Bank in Richmond, Virginia.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1] It is located in the Court House Hill-Downtown Historic District.

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. ^ rsmith@newsadvance.com, Rachael Smith. "Allied Arts building in downtown Lynchburg to be redeveloped into condos". NewsAdvance.com. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
  4. ^ S. Allen Chambers Jr. (1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Allied Arts Building" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo

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