| What's Nearby Commonwealth Park Suites Hotel is strategically located in the heart of downtown Richmond. Guests are within walking distance of the city's business districts, historic sites, and popular attractions. Convenient to all interstate highways, the hotel is within 10 miles of Richmond International Airport, Amtrak, Nascar @ Richmond International Raceway and the Virginia State Fair Nearby Attractions: Virginia State Capitol Governor's Mansion Library of Virginia Valentine Richmond History Center Shockoe Slip Entertainment District Richmond Convention Center Museum and White House of the Confederacy 17th Street Farmer's Market Canal Walks and Kanawha Locks Virginia Museum of Fine Arts James River Parks and Birding Trails Richmond Raft Company National Civil War Museum at Tredgar Brown's Island Nascar @ Richmond International Raceway Richmond Coliseum Located directly across from the Commonwealth Park Suites Hotel is the Virginia State Capitol. The Capitol was designed by Thomas Jefferson and modeled after the Maison Carry in Nimes, France. The Rotunda features a life-size statue of George Washington. The only one of its kind, the statue was sculpted by Jean Antoine Houdon. For visitors wishing to explore Virginia history further, Commonwealth Park Suites Hotel provides them with a central location. Williamsburg and the James River plantations are within an hour's drive east. To the west lies Monticello and Ashlawn, the homes of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, respectively. Guests enjoy the shopping and nightlife of historical Shockoe Slip, the city's oldest business district. More than two hundred years ago, Shockoe Slip served as Richmond's center of commerce and politics. Today, restored tobacco warehouses provide shopping and dining for visitors. In the evening, Shockoe Slip provides visitors with clubs, live entertainment, and dancing. History buffs will enjoy visiting the Museum of the Confederacy as well as the many civil war battlefields in Richmond and the outlying areas. A few blocks from the Commonwealth Park Suites Hotel is the newly revitalized Canal Walk and the reconstructed Kanawha Locks. They are part of our nation's first commercial artery to the west, a waterway originally surveyed by George Washington. For more information on Richmond, contact: RMCVB Richmond Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau 401 N. 3rd Street Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 782-2777 web address: www.visit.richmond.com Nearby Businesses, Universities and Court Systems: Fifth District of Federal Reserve System US Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit US District Court for Eastern District of Virginia Virginia State Corporation Commission Virginia Supreme Court University of Richmond Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia Union University American Home Products AMF Bowling Bank of America BB & T Brink's Company Capital One Financial Corporation CarMax Christian & Barton Circuit City Dominion Resources DuPont Ernst & Young Ethyl Corporation Genworth Financial Hirschier, Fleicher, Weinberg, Cox & Allen Hunton & Williams Infineon Technologies James Center LandAmerica Financial Group LeClair Ryan Meade/Westvaco Owens & Minor Performance Food Group Philip Morris USA-Attria Corporation Price Waterhouse Coopers Troutman Sanders The Martin Agency McGuire Woods, Battle & Boothe Suntrust Universal Corporation Williams, Mullen, Christian & Dobbins Wachovia Securities Local Links: visit.Richmond.com |