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Virginia State Capitol, Richmond, Virginia, circa 1960

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City Halls & CourthousesMonuments & Memorials
Card type
Chrome
Front of Virginia State Capitol, Richmond, Virginia, circa 1960, chrome postcard
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Back of Virginia State Capitol, Richmond, Virginia, circa 1960, chrome postcard
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About this postcard

A view across a fenced lawn and a tiered cast-iron fountain toward a large white Neoclassical building with a columned portico and pediment, flanked by lower wings. This is the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, designed by Thomas Jefferson with Charles-Louis Clérisseau and completed in 1788, modeled on the Maison Carrée at Nîmes; it has served continuously as the seat of Virginia's government and houses Jean-Antoine Houdon's life-size statue of George Washington in its rotunda. The surrounding grounds, laid out as Capitol Square, include monuments and mature trees.

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PublisherHaynes Distributing Co.
Virginia State Capitol, Richmond, Va. Color Photo by Colonial Studio Pub. by Haynes Distributing Co., 2930 Fleetwood Ave., S.W., Roanoke, Va. MADE BY DEXTER WEST NYACK, N. Y. 4416-B
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PublisherHaynes Distributing Co.
ConditionVery good
Place depictedVirginia State Capitol, Richmond, VA
Place mentionedRichmond, VA
Place mentionedWest Nyack, NY
PublisherHaynes Distributing Co., Roanoke, VA
NotesChrome-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; vertical publisher imprint and Dexter Press credit; card number 4416-B. No message or address written.

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Virginia State Capitol, Richmond, Virginia, circa 1960, postcard, n.d.. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/virginia-state-capitol-richmond-virginia-circa-1960. Accessed October 24, 2026.