250 E Elizabeth St

From the National Register nomination

Large two-story building of stretcher-bond brick construction or veneer with occasional header/stretcher courses. The original 1946 section has a three-part form with slightly lower wings flanking a higher center section. In 1953 an addition was made to the east end in the same character but in slightly different brick. Façade piers rise to or just short of the parapet and have concrete caps or weatherings. The building was remodeled in recent years and has replacement metal-framed blue/green tinted windows. Other features include concrete belt courses at the first and second-story window sill levels on the east addition, a brick elevator housing on the roof at the west end, and a concrete-coped brick retaining wall along E. Elizabeth St. The Metro Building was built as a clothing factory. Now Alltech, The Trexler Group, and Children's Services of Virginia Inc.