Egyptian Building

The Egyptian Building is a historic college building in Richmond, Virginia constructed in 1845. It was the first permanent home of the Medical Department of Hampden-Sydney College.

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Type: University building
Description: building in Virginia, United States
Address: 1223 East Marshall Street, Richmond, VA 23219

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Monumental Church and White House of the Confederacy.

Monumental Church

Historic building

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Monumental Church is a former Episcopal church at 1224 E. Broad Street between N. 12th and College streets in Richmond, Virginia. Designed by architect Robert Mills, it is one of America's earliest and most distinctive Greek Revival churches.

White House of the Confederacy

Museum

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The Second White House of the Confederacy is a historic house located in the Court End neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia. Built in 1818, it was the main executive residence of the sole President of the Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis, from August 1861 until April 1865. White House of the Confederacy is situated 570 feet north of Egyptian Building.

VCU Medical Center

Hospital

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The VCU Medical Center, formerly known as the Medical College of Virginia, is the public medical campus of Virginia Commonwealth University, located in downtown Richmond, Virginia, United States. VCU Medical Center is situated 430 feet northwest of Egyptian Building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shockoe Slip and Union Hill.

Shockoe Slip

Neighborhood

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Shockoe Slip is a district in the downtown area of Richmond, Virginia. The name "slip" referred to a narrow passageway leading from Main Street to where goods were loaded and unloaded from the former James River and Kanawha Canal.

Union Hill

Neighborhood

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Union Hill is a historic district of Richmond, Virginia. According to the Richmond Times Dispatch, the neighborhood "generally is bordered on the south by East Marshall Street and Jefferson Avenue, on the west by Mosby Street, on the north by O and Carrington…

Shockoe Bottom

Neighborhood

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Shockoe Bottom, historically known as Shockoe Valley, is an area in Richmond, Virginia, just east of downtown, along the James River. Located between Shockoe Hill and Church Hill, Shockoe Bottom contains much of the land included in Colonel William Mayo's 1737 plan of Richmond, making it one of the city's oldest neighborhoods.

Egyptian Building

Categories: building and education
Location: Richmond, Central Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.53916° or 37° 32′ 21″ north

Longitude

-77.42942° or 77° 25′ 46″ west

Elevation

121 feet (37 metres)

Levels

Height

67 feet (20 metres)

Open location code

8794GHQC+M6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 224530980

OpenStreetMap feature

building=university

GeoNames ID

4757321

Wikidata ID

Q5348385

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