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Kempsville is one of seven residence districts in the City of Virginia Beach, and is thereby associated with one seat on the city council.Although the official land area of the Kempsville district is small relative to the size of the City of Virginia Beach, Kempsville's historical influence stretches the entire span of Princess Anne Road from the Norfolk border to the Courthouse and Pungo ...
Kempsville is a historic home located near Shacklefords, Gloucester County, Virginia. It was built about 1787, and is a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, four-bay, gable roofed brick dwelling. with a single pile, central passage plan. It has a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story wing and rear ell. It features T-shaped chimneys. [3]
The Battle of Kemp's Landing, also known as the Skirmish of Kempsville, was a skirmish in the American Revolutionary War that occurred on November 15, 1775. Militia companies from Princess Anne County in the Province of Virginia assembled at Kemp's Landing to counter British troops under the command of Virginia's last colonial governor, John Murray, Lord Dunmore, that had landed at nearby ...
Pleasant Hall is a historic home located in Kempsville section of Virginia Beach, Virginia. Built in 1769, it is a two-story, five-bay, double pile Georgian style brick dwelling. It is topped by a shallow gable roof and has two wide interior-end chimney stacks with corbeled caps. [3] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in ...
In the years that followed, however, many families moved to the area that we know today as "Kempsville." In 1842, the parish was reorganized to accommodate these new outlying communities and a new church, Emmanuel Episcopal Church, was built in Kempsville. Soon after Emmanuel Church was completed, Old Donation was abandoned for services.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Gloucester County, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
The Alan B. Shepard Civic Center ("The Dome"), a significant building in the city's history because of the many famous musical acts played there, [22] was constructed in 1958, [23] and was dedicated to the career of former Virginia Beach resident and astronaut Alan Shepard. [24] As the area changed, the Dome was frequently used as a bingo hall.
1906 - Town of Virginia Beach incorporated. [1] 1933 - Bayne Theatre opens (approximate date). [4] 1935 - Cape Henry Memorial erected. 1941 - The Virginia Beach and Princess Anne Chapters of the NAACP were formed. [5] 1952 - City of Virginia Beach incorporated. 1953 - August: Hurricane Barbara. 1960 - Population: 84,215.