Virginia State Capitol, Richmond, VA, circa 1960
- Subject
- City Halls & Courthouses
- Card type
- Chrome
- Date
- c. 1960 (Chrome)
About this postcard
A view across a fenced lawn and a tiered cast-iron fountain toward the Virginia State Capitol, a large white Neoclassical building with a columned portico and pediment, flanked by lower wings. Thomas Jefferson designed the capitol with Charles-Louis Clérisseau, modeling it on the Maison Carrée at Nîmes; completed in 1788, it has served continuously as the seat of Virginia's government and holds Jean-Antoine Houdon's life-size statue of George Washington in its rotunda. The surrounding grounds, Capitol Square, include monuments and mature trees.
Postcard Details
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Postcard record
| Publisher | Haynes Distributing Co. |
|---|---|
| Series | 4416-B |
| Condition | Very good |
| Place depicted | Virginia State Capitol, Richmond, VA |
| Place mentioned | Richmond, VA |
| Place mentioned | West Nyack, NY |
| Publisher | Haynes Distributing Co., Roanoke, VA |
| Notes | Chrome-era color card with a thin white border; bare winter trees and slight edge wear visible. No postmark — card is unmailed. Divided-back chrome-era "POST CARD" with dotted "PLACE STAMP HERE" box; printed caption "Virginia State Capitol, Richmond, Va."; photo credit "Color Photo by Colonial Studio"; vertical publisher imprint "Pub. by Haynes Distributing Co., 2930 Fleetwood Ave., S.W., Roanoke, Va."; "MADE BY DEXTER WEST NYACK, N. Y." manufacturing credit; card number 4416-B. No message or address written. |
Cite this card
Virginia State Capitol, Richmond, VA, circa 1960, postcard, c. 1960. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/virginia-state-capitol-richmond-va-circa-1960. Accessed November 2, 2026.