Headquarters
| United Daughters of the Confederacy Memorial Building | |
| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| Location: | 328 North Blvd., Richmond, Virginia |
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| Area: | less than one acre |
| Built: | 1955 |
| Architect: | Louis W. Ballou |
| Architectural style: | Stripped Classical |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: | 08000341 |
| Added to NRHP: | April 24, 2008 |
Memorial Hall, the headquarters of the UDC, is located in Richmond, Virginia. The United Daughters of Confederacy collects and preserves rare books, documents, diaries, letters, and other papers of historical importance that relate to the American Civil War period. The collection is kept in Goodlett Memorial Library at the headquarters.
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