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Stearns Iron-Front Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
Stearns Iron-Front Building, HABS Photo
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Location	1007-1013 E. Main St., Richmond, Virginia
Coordinates	37°32′14″N 77°26′8″W / 37.53722°N 77.43556°W / 37.53722; -77.43556
Area	0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built	1869 (1869)
NRHP reference No.	70000885
VLR No.	127-0023
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	February 26, 1970
Designated VLR	December 2, 1969

Stearns Iron-Front Building, also known as the Stearns Block, is a historic commercial building located in Richmond, Virginia. It was built in 1869, and is a four-story, 14 bay, brick building with a cast iron front. The building measures 107 feet (33 m) wide by 64 feet (20 m) deep.

Richmond Unionist Franklin Stearns acquired what had once been the Planters Bank Building on Main Street after the American Civil War. In 1868 he erected rental housing and commercial office space, which was nicknamed the "Stearns block." The city's circuit court was held there beginning in 1870. His grandchildren's estate sold the property in 1923; the remaining iron front was noted in the Historic American Buildings Survey.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
3. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (November 1969). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Stearns Iron-Front Building" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo

External links

• Stearns Iron Front Building, 1007-1013 East Main Street, Richmond, Independent City, VA: 2 photos and 15 data pages at Historic American Buildings Survey

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