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Lost Virginia: Vanished Architecture of the Old Dominion

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Lost Civic Architecture

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SpaceAugusta County CourthouseAUGUSTA COUNTY COURTHOUSE
Northeast corner of South Augusta and East Johnson streets, Staunton
Built 1835-36; demolished 1900
Photograph: Virginia Historical Society

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SpaceU.S. Post Office, RoanokeUNITED STATES POST OFFICE
Church Avenue at First Street, Roanoke
Begun 1893; demolished c. 1933
Photograph: William McCauley, History of Roanoke County, Salem, Roanoke City, Virginia (1902)

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SpaceLibby PrisonLIBBY PRISON
2001 East Cary Street, Richmond
Built c. 1850, moved to Chicago 1888; demolished 1900
Photograph: Virginia Historical Society

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SpaceLiberty HallLIBERTY HALL
Washington and Lee University, Lexington
Built 1793; burned 1803
Photograph: Virginia Historical Society

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SpaceChesapeake Female CollegeCHESAPEAKE FEMALE COLLEGE (later, SOLDIERS' HOME)
Hampton
Built c. 1854; demolished 1913
Photograph: Virginia Historical Society

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SpaceMain Building, Richmond CollegeMAIN BUILDING, RICHMOND COLLEGE
In the former block bounded by Ryland, Franklin, Lombardy and Broad streets, Richmond
Built 1855, 1873, and 1876; demolished c. 1920
Photograph: Virginia Historical Society

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SpaceVirginia HallVIRGINIA HALL, VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY
Ettrick, Chesterfield
Built 1883-88; demolished 1937
Photograph: Virginia Historical Society

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