James Monroe Building
The James Monroe Building is an office building located in Downtown Richmond, Virginia. It is the tallest building in Richmond at 137 meters and 29 floors.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Daniel Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Virginia State Capitol and Richmond Main Street Station.
Virginia State Capitol
Government office
Photo: Ron Cogswell, CC BY 2.0.
The Virginia State Capitol is the seat of state government of the Commonwealth of Virginia, located in Richmond, the state capital. It houses the oldest elected legislative body in North America, the Virginia General Assembly, first established as the House of Burgesses in 1619. Virginia State Capitol is situated 1,400 feet northwest of James Monroe Building.
Richmond Main Street Station
Railway station
Photo: Onemoregain, CC BY 3.0.
Richmond Main Street Station, officially the Main Street Station and Trainshed, is a historic railroad station and office building in Richmond, Virginia. Richmond Main Street Station is situated 740 feet south of James Monroe Building.
Oliver Hill Building
Historic building
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Virginia State Library-Oliver Hill Building, also known as the State Finance Building, is a historic library and government office building located on Capitol Square in Richmond, Virginia. Oliver Hill Building is situated 960 feet northwest of James Monroe Building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shockoe Slip and Shockoe Bottom.
Shockoe Slip
Neighborhood
Photo: Morgan Riley, CC BY 3.0.
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.
Shockoe Bottom
Neighborhood
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.
Union Hill
Neighborhood
Photo: Morgan Riley, CC BY 3.0.
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…
James Monroe Building
- Type: Commerce
- Description: building in Virginia, United States
- Category: building
- Location: Richmond, Central Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.53626° or 37° 32′ 11″ northLongitude
-77.43013° or 77° 25′ 49″ westElevation
85 feet (26 metres)Levels
25Height
449 feet (137 metres)Named after
James MonroeOpen location code
8794GHP9+GWOpenStreetMap ID
way 365155749OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=commercialGeoNames ID
4766468Wikidata ID
Q6139905
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Persian—“James Monroe Building” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “詹姆斯·門羅大樓”
- Chinese: “詹姆斯·门罗大楼”
- Croatian: “James Monroe Building”
- Persian: “ساختمان جیمز مونرو”
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