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Newport News Downtown Historic District: August 4, 2023 : Warwick Blvd., 37th, 23rd, and 31st Sts., West and Washington Aves. 21: Newport News Middle Ground Light Station: Newport News Middle Ground Light Station
Historic house: Lee Hall Depot: Newport News: Newport News: Tidewater/Hampton Roads: Railway: Late 19th century train station and museum of local and railroad history Lee Hall Mansion: Newport News: Newport News: Tidewater/Hampton Roads: Civil War: Mid 19th-century period house, used as a headquarters for Confederate generals during the ...
In 1958, the citizenry of the cities of Warwick and Newport News voted by referendum to consolidate the two cities, choosing to assume the better-known name of Newport News, and forming the third largest city population-wise in Virginia with a 65 square miles (168 km 2) area. The boundaries of the city of Newport News today are essentially the ...
American Legion Memorial Museum of Virginia (1923-1948) War Memorial Museum of Virginia (1948-1996) Established: 1923 () (Collection) 1941 () (Museum) Location: 9285 Warwick Boulevard Newport News, Virginia United States: Type: Military History: Director: Position Removed Circa 2012: Curator: Position Removed May 1, 2019: Website: Virginia War ...
1886 – Chesapeake Dry Dock and Construction Company (later Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co.) in business. [4] 1888 – Warwick County, Virginia seat moves temporarily to Newport News from Denbigh. 1889 Newport News Light & Water Company in business. [1] YMCA branch organized. [5] 1890 Citizens Railway (Hampton-Newport News) begins ...
Denbigh Plantation, also known as Mathews Manor, is a historic archaeological site located at Newport News, Virginia.. The earliest owner of land in this area is known to be merchant Abraham Peirsey (who first came to Virginia in 1616 aboard the ship Susan), and died on 16 January 1628. [3]
Endview Plantation (Harwood Plantation) is an 18th-century plantation, including a park and historic home now operated by the independent city of Newport News, Virginia, located on Virginia State Route 238 in the Lee Hall community. [3]
J. Thomas Newsome House is a historic home located at Newport News, Virginia. It was built in 1898, and is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 -story, seven-bay, asymmetrical, frame Queen Anne style dwelling. It features a steeply pitched irregularly composed roof, three sided bay, front Palladian window , and corner tower.