Monumental Church
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.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Historic building
- Description: church building in Virginia, United States of America
- Address: 1224 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23219
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include VCU Medical Center and White House of the Confederacy.
VCU Medical Center
Hospital
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 490 feet north of Monumental Church.
White House of the Confederacy
Museum
Photo: AlbertHerring, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Second White House of the Confederacy is a historic house located in the Court End neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia. Built in 1818, it served as 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 670 feet north of Monumental Church.
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 1,100 feet west of Monumental Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shockoe Slip and Union Hill.
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.
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…
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.
Monumental Church
- Categories: church, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Richmond, Central Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.53889° or 37° 32′ 20″ northLongitude
-77.42984° or 77° 25′ 47″ westOpen location code
8794GHQC+H3OpenStreetMap ID
way 224530979OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=buildingWikidata ID
Q6906925
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In Other Languages
“Monumental Church” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “モニュメンタル・チャーチ”
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