Hotel Richmond - Richmond

The Hotel Richmond is located on 9th Street in Richmond, Virginia.  It was constructed in 1904 for Adeline Detroit Atkinson on the site of the former St. Clare Hotel.  Its close proximity to the Virginia State Capitol lured many politicians through its doors, including Governor Harry F. Byrd, the leader of the Democratic Party in Virginia, who ran his Byrd Organization from the hotel for many years.  During the 1940’s the hotel was also home to WRVA Radio, one of the pioneering country music stations on the east coast.  From its studio aired the locally famous programs Sunshine Sue and Her Rangers and Corn Cob Pipe Club.  Saved from demolition in later years the hotel is now used by the State of Virginia as the Office of the Attorney General.  The Hotel Richmond was added to the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.    

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