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The Egyptian Building (originally the College Building and later the Old College Building) is a historic landmark building in Richmond, Virginia , built in 1845 . It is the first permanent home of the Medical Department of Hampden-Sidney College (later renamed the Medical College Of Virginia . It is located in Shockoe Hill at the 1200 block of Marshall Street. The building was designed by Thomas W. Stewart, who chose the Egyptian Revival architectural style. The battered walls of the structure represent the old temples of Egypt. The Building has been compared to the Temple of Horus at Edfu . Many believed that his choice of style was appropriate because it represented the esoteric, almost cabalistic nature of medicine. Furthermore, the origins of medicine went back to the Egyptian physician, Imhotep . Originally the building housed medical lecture rooms, a dissecting room, an infirmary and hospital beds for medical and surgical cases. The building is constructed from brick, stucco and cast iron. In 1939 the building was restored by the architects, Baskerville and Son, in honor of Dr. Simon Baruch, an 1862 graduate of the MCV School of Medicine. At that time the interior of the building was remodeled to carry on the Egyptian style. The building is decorated with sun disks of Horus with outstretched wings, flanked by the goddesses Bekbet and Uaset in the form of snakes. The lotus flower is repeatedly used. In 1969 the Egyptian Building was added to the National Register Of Historic Places . |
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