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In 1921, Hilton Village was purchased from the United States Shipping Board by Henry E. Huntington, chairman of the board at Newport News Shipbuilding. He formed the Newport News Land Company, which ran Hilton as an adjunct of the company. In 1922, many of the houses were put up for private sale, and Hilton Village gradually became a community ...
Newport News (/ ˌ n uː p ɔːr t-,-p ər t-/) [7] is an independent city in southeastern Virginia, United States.At the 2020 census, the population was 186,247. [6] Located in the Hampton Roads region, it is the fifth-most populous city in Virginia and 140th-most populous city in the United States.
HAMPTON — “Vibrant,” was the term used for the recently revealed conceptual design for the town’s proposed Hub community center. Its $18.8 million price tag appeared to be equally ...
Since 2004, the Hampton Roads region has been searching for funding to complete major projects such as the addition of a new Midtown Tunnel and the extension of the Martin Luther King Freeway in Portsmouth, the addition of a third harbor crossing between the Southside and the Peninsula, and widening I-64 on both sides of the water, projects that would cost a combined total of $3.8 billion USD. [1]
The 18-acre property in Newport News’ Southeast Community was once an aging public housing complex named Ridley Place. It’s gone now — closed in 2020 and demolished earlier this year. And ...
Riverside Health is an integrated, not-for-profit health network serving two million people annually. It has been operating in Eastern Virginia since 1915, and offers a variety of services and programs in the areas of prevention, primary care, diagnostics, neurosciences, oncology, orthopedics, aging-related services, rehabilitation, medical education, home care and hospice.
The campus, located at 700 Shell Road near Hampton’s boarder with Newport News had 72 acres (29 ha) of space. [13] By 2003 many of the buildings dated from the 1950s, replacing earlier historic buildings that were torn down. The 1950s buildings, made of brick, had one or two stories. In 2003 the dormitories were about 70% full. [10]
In 1887 Darling founded the first electric streetcar railway on the Peninsula, connecting Hampton with Newport News. In addition he owned a hotel at the local resort of Buckroe Beach . Then, in 1898 this successful local entrepreneur retired to his house on Victoria Boulevard, where he died in 1900.