From left, partners Wanda Stallings, Charles E. Ayers Jr. and Margaret Stallings pose on the fourth floor of the St. Luke building, which once held the offices of the Independent Order of St. Luke, an African-American insurance and mutual society, and the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank that Maggie Walker founded in 1903 during her tenure as leader of the organization.
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Reclaiming history
St. Luke building, first home of Maggie L. Walker’s bank, is being turned into upscale apartments to spur development in Gilpin Court
Upscale apartments are taking shape in the long-empty St. Luke Building, the once vital four-story headquarters of a mutual aid society where renowned Richmond businesswoman Maggie L. Walker once had a bank.
