National Register of Historic Places

Branch House

Richmond (Independent City), Richmond County, Virginia
Listed
February 23, 1984
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
84003569

About this property

Branch House in Richmond, Virginia, was designed in 1916 by the firm of John Russell Pope as a private residence of financier John Kerr Branch and his wife Beulah Gould Branch. The house lies within Richmond's Monument Avenue Historic District, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1967. Branch House itself was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. The district's status was extended in 1989 and subsequently upgraded to a National Historic Landmark in 1997. After a Branch family heir gifted the home to a local charity in the 1950s, the house changed ownership several times until it was purchased in 2003 by the Virginia Architecture Foundation (formerly the Virginia Center for Architecture Foundation) in 2005 it reopened as the headquarters of its successor, the Virginia Center for Architecture (VCA) with offices for the Virginia Society of the American Institute of Architects (VSAIA), VCA moved from the Branch House in 2015. Since 2015, the Branch House has been the home of The Branch Museum of Architecture and Design (www.branchmuseum.org).

Location

2501 Monument Ave.
Richmond (Independent City), Richmond County, Virginia
37.55827, -77.46838

Categories

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Sources

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Nearby Historic Sites

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Broad Street Station
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Boulevard Historic District
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Nearby Battles

Dahlgren Raid (Richmond Raid)
1864Civil War
2.1 mi
Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid
1864Civil War
2.1 mi
Battle of Bloody Run
1656Colonial
2.1 mi

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When was Branch House listed on the National Register?

Branch House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 23, 1984.

What type of historic resource is Branch House?

Branch House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Branch House is recorded as the industrial era.

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