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Three years after it was facing the wrecking ball, the century-old Second Baptist Church building beside The Jefferson Hotel is set to be reborn.

Historic Hotels of Richmond, the Bill Goodwin-led group that owns The Jefferson, is preparing to start work on a multimillion-dollar project to rehab the church building at 13 W. Franklin St. as a banquet hall with a commercial kitchen for food service.

The project will not alter the appearance of the building, which Goodwin’s firm owns, but will upgrade existing elements and improve the interior, according to plans filed with the city. A project description submitted with the plans states that “None of the alterations will adversely impact the character defining features of the historic building.”

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