Markel Building, Richmond

Name: Markel Building
Address: Richmond, United States

#130 among attractions in Richmond

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The Markel Building is an office building commissioned by the Markel Corporation and designed by Haigh Jamgochian located on Markel Road just outside the city limits of Richmond, Virginia in Henrico County. The building was inspired by a baked potato wrapped in foil served to Jamgochian while attending an American Institute of Architects' dinner. Each floor consists of a single piece of 555-foot aluminum, they are the longest unbroken pieces of aluminum ever used as siding material. ()

Opened: 1965 (59 years ago)Coordinates: 37°35'4"N, 77°29'57"W

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Markel Building – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: The Shops at Willow Lawn, Congregation Kol Emes, St. Catherine's School, St. Christopher's School.

~1180 ftSE
Shopping, Shopping centre
The Shops at Willow Lawn, Richmond
6 min walk • The Shops at Willow Lawn is a shopping center located slightly outside the city limits of Richmond, Virginia in unincorporated Henrico County. It is the first shopping center in the Richmond area. Currently, the center is entirely a strip mall now, the remaining enclosed portion having been demolished and rebuilt.
0.9 miS
Synagogue
Congregation Kol Emes, Richmond
23 min walk • Congregation Kol Emes also known as Young Israel of Richmond is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue in Richmond, Virginia, constituted and founded in its present state in 1964. It is one of the oldest active Jewish congregations in Virginia, the fourth oldest active congregation in Richmond, and housing the oldest active mikvah in Richmond.
1.5 miSW
Colonial revival architecture
St. Catherine's School, Richmond
39 min walk • St. Catherine's School is an independent Episcopal diocesan school in Richmond, Virginia, USA. It is the oldest private, all-girls school in Richmond and the only independent all-girls school in Virginia for age 3 - grade 12. St.
1.2 miW
Colonial revival architecture
St. Christopher's School, Richmond
32 min walk • St. Christopher's School, founded in 1911, is a college preparatory school for boys located in Richmond, Virginia. A program of coordination with nearby St.
1.4 miSE
Neighbourhood
Malvern Gardens, Richmond
36 min walk • Malvern Gardens is a small, upper-middle class neighborhood in the West End of Richmond, Virginia.
1.6 miSE
Neighbourhood
North Thompson Street Historic District, Richmond
42 min walk • The North Thompson Street Historic District encompasses a collection of six International Style commercial buildings on North Thompson Street, between Monument Avenue and Broad Street, in Richmond, Virginia, United States. All are built of steel, brick, and concrete, and feature expanses of glass and asymmetrical plans.

Markel Building, Richmond

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Markel Building – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

The Shops at Willow Lawn, Richmond

Congregation Kol Emes, Richmond

St. Catherine's School, Richmond

St. Christopher's School, Richmond

Malvern Gardens, Richmond

North Thompson Street Historic District, Richmond