Law School Building Trivia

Digging through my photos from this summer ... here's a picture of a building that was used as a law school from the 1910s to the 1950s, as I understand it.  This particular part of the building goes back to before the war (err, before the Civil War).   First it was a residence, then a college building, then a hospital during the Civil War, and afterwards a college building again.  I've been by this building many times before, but didn't realize its connection to a university.  This is really obscure and I'm guessing that even my friends who teach at this school (long since relocated to a more suburban location) won't recognize this.  In fact, I didn't realize this until I saw a cornerstone for an addition to this building that noted it was built by the law school.  Never ceases to surprise me what I learn from inscriptions on monuments and buildings.  

Now that CPM has identified this as the University of Richmond's law school building, I thought that I'd post a photo of the cornerstone, which is what tipped me off:

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[cpm]

It’s the Columbia Building! It was the first home of Richmond College—now University of Richmond--and was used for the law school from 1918 until 1954. If you look closely at the photo it seems to be missing one of its street numbers. The address is actually 1142 W Grace St. in Richmond.