West Hospital is a building on the MCV Campus of Virginia Commonwealth University

Virginia Commonwealth University

Virginia Commonwealth University is a public university located in Richmond, Virginia. It comprises two campuses in the Downtown Richmond area, the product of a merger between the Richmond Professional Institute and the Medical College of Virginia in 1968...

 noted for its Art Deco

Art Deco

Art deco , or deco, is an eclectic artistic and design style that began in Paris in the 1920s and flourished internationally throughout the 1930s, into the World War II era. The style influenced all areas of design, including architecture and interior design, industrial design, fashion and...

 architecture.

The building, in Richmond's Court End

Court End

thumb|250px|right|1000 block E. Clay StreetCourt End is a neighborhood in Richmond, Virginia that sits to the north of the Capitol Square and East Broad Street...

, is in a crucifix shape. On the entrance of the building's west auditorium, a plaque (pictured) indicates that "on this site the Virginia convention

Virginia Ratifying Convention

The Virginia Ratifying Convention was a convention of 168 delegates from Virginia who met in 1788 to ratify or reject the United States Constitution, which had been drafted at the Philadelphia Convention the previous year.The Convention met and deliberated from June 2 through June 27 in Richmond...

 ratified the United States Constitution

United States Constitution

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 June 25, 1788." The building is slated for demolition as part of the VCU 2020 plan http://www.richmond.com/education/output.aspx?Article_ID=3189890&Vertical_ID=2&tier=1&position=3, but the Alliance to Conserve Old Richmond Neighborhoods (ACORN) is opposing the demolition. http://www.richmondneighborhoods.org/MCVissue.html( dead link )

External links

• VCU Maps - building location and directions
• Alliance to Conserve Old Richmond Neighborhoods
• West Hospital on flickr