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Main Street Banking Historic District (Boundary Decrease)
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National Register of Historic Places

Main Street Banking Historic District (Boundary Decrease)

Also known as VDHR#127-6031

A district of 14 historic buildingsOn the Register since 2025
ItalianateListed 2025Richmond
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Many listed buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.

About

About the district

Main Street Banking Historic District (Boundary Decrease), at 700 E Main St, 705-711 E Main St, 801 E Main St, 830-838 E Main St, was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Sep 22, 2025. The Register lists it for its architecture, commerce, economics and law, at the state level. It describes its style as Italianate, as it does for 232 other Virginia listings. The district takes in 14 historic buildings. The listing covers 1.9 acres. 22 more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

What it isHistoric district in Virginia, United States. From Wikidata (CC0). Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

PDFRead the original nominationThe form that put it on the Register, with its history, photos and a map · 50 MB · National Archives↗
Visit

Make it a walk: 5 landmarks in about 5 minutes

700 E Main St, 705-711 E Main St, 801 E Main St, 830-838 E Main St, Richmond · about 0.1 miles on foot, as the crow flies

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  1. 1Main Street Banking Historic District (Boundary Decrease)Start here
  2. 2First National Bank BuildingNeo-Classical Revival · next door
  3. 3Virginia Mutual BuildingNeo-Classical Revival · Built 1921 · next door
  4. 4Branch BuildingCommercial · 0.1 mi on
  5. 5Stearns Iron-Front BuildingItalianate · next door
Around it

61 more Register listings within half a mile

★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.

BU.S. Post Office and CustomhouseItalianate · Built 18580.1 mi★Virginia State CapitolBuilt 17850.1 miBBell TowerFederal · Built 18240.1 miOVirginia Washington MonumentClassical Revival · Built 18490.1 miBSt. Paul's ChurchGreek Revival0.1 miBStewart-Lee HouseGreek Revival · Built 18440.1 miDShockoe Slip Historic District (Boundary Increase III)Italianate0.2 miBDonnan-Asher Iron-Front BuildingItalianate0.2 miBPlanters National BankRichardsonian Romanesque0.2 miBMorson's RowItalianate · Built 18530.2 mi★Governor's MansionFederal · Built 18130.2 miBVirginia State LibraryArt Deco · Built 19400.2 miBGeorge Washington BuildingSkyscraper0.2 mi★City HallAmerican High Victorian Gothic · Built 18940.2 miBThe VirginiaBuilt 19060.2 miBSecond Presbyterian ChurchGothic0.2 miBSt. Peter's ChurchRoman Revival · Built 18340.2 miBLoews TheatreMoorish Revival · Built 19280.2 mi
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DShockoe Slip Historic District (Boundary Increase)District0.3 miDShockoe Slip Historic DistrictDistrict0.3 miDShockoe Slip Historic District (Boundary Increase II)Late Victorian0.3 miBVirginia Department of Highways BuildingStripped Classicism · Built 19370.3 miBWilliam Beers HouseGreek Revival0.3 miBWilliams, Charlotte, Memorial HospitalSecond Renaissance Revival0.3 mi★Monumental ChurchGreek Revival0.3 miBFirst Baptist ChurchGreek Revival0.3 miBBarret HouseGreek Revival · Built 18440.3 miBHancock-Wirt-Caskie HouseFederal · Built 18090.3 miBYoung Women's Christian AssociationSecond Renaissance Revival0.3 miBPutney HousesItalianate0.3 mi★Valentine MuseumFederal · Built 18120.3 miBNational TheaterItalian Renaissance · Built 19230.3 mi★John Marshall HouseBuilt 17900.3 miBCentenary ChurchGreek Revival0.3 miDFifth and Main Downtown Historic DistrictFederal0.3 miBNinth Street Office BuildingClassical Revival0.3 miBBlues ArmoryCastellated Style · Built 19100.3 miDManchester Industrial Historic District (Boundary Increase)Commercial0.4 miBFirst African Baptist ChurchGreek Revival · Built 18770.4 mi★Egyptian BuildingEgyptian Revival · Built 18450.4 miBHenry Coalter Cabell HouseGreek Revival · Built 18470.4 mi★White House of the ConfederacyBuilt 18180.4 miBRichmond Academy of MedicineGeorgian Revival0.4 miBWilliam H. Grant HouseItalianate · Built 18570.4 miBDecatur O. Davis HouseSecond Empire0.4 miBBenjamin Watkins Leigh HouseFederal0.4 miBSt. Alban's HallBuilt 18690.4 miBBolling Haxall HouseItalian Villa · Built 18580.4 miDFifth and Main Downtown Historic District (Boundary Increase)Colonial Revival0.4 miDGrace Street Commercial Historic DistrictMission Revival0.4 miBCentral National BankArt Deco · Built 19290.4 mi★Main Street Station and TrainshedSecond Renaissance Revival · Built 19010.5 mi★Tredegar Iron WorksDistrict0.5 miBVirginia State Library-Oliver Hill BuildingBeaux Arts Classicism0.5 miDMonroe Ward (Additional Documentation)Federal0.5 miBCrozet HouseFederal · Built 18140.5 miDBlock 0-100 East Franklin Street Historic DistrictGreek Revival0.5 miBLinden RowGreek Revival · Built 18470.5 miBKent-Valentine HouseColonial Revival0.5 miBJoseph P. Winston HouseBuilt 18730.5 miDGrace Street Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase)Colonial Revival0.5 mi
More like it

Italianate style, nearby

Other National Register listings within 25 miles described as Italianate.

Stearns Iron-Front Building0.1 mi away
U.S. Post Office and CustomhouseBuilt 1858 · 0.1 mi away
Donnan-Asher Iron-Front Building0.2 mi away
Morson's RowBuilt 1853 · 0.2 mi away

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Questions about Main Street Banking Historic District (Boundary Decrease)

Is Main Street Banking Historic District (Boundary Decrease) on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Sep 22, 2025 (Register number 05000527).

Is Main Street Banking Historic District (Boundary Decrease) a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; Virginia has 125 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is Virginia State Capitol, 0.1 miles away.

Can you visit Main Street Banking Historic District (Boundary Decrease)?

Our record doesn’t say whether it is open to visitors. Many listed buildings are private, so it may only be seen from the street.

Where can I read the history of Main Street Banking Historic District (Boundary Decrease)?

In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 50 MB PDF at the National Archives, linked on this page.

Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 41682965 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.