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Norfolk skyline. The history of high-rises in Norfolk, Virginia, began in the early 1900s with the construction of such structures as the 12-story Royster Building in 1912. [1] The skyline of Downtown Norfolk remained relatively low to mid-rise until the 1960s which brought the construction of the 23-story Bank of America Center in 1967.
Icon Norfolk (formerly Bank of America Center) in Downtown Norfolk, Virginia, United States, was the tallest building in Virginia from 1967 to 1971, when it was surpassed in height by Richmond City Hall. Constructed as a bank building, it was converted in the late 2010s to apartments and given its current name.
Also known as the Seaboard building and a former U.S. Post Office. Today this is part of the Slover branch of the Norfolk Public Library. A glass atrium was built to adjoin it to the neighboring Selden Arcade. [7] 38: Park Place Historic District: Park Place Historic District: February 10, 2006
Dominion Tower is one of the distinctive and recognizable features of Downtown Norfolk, Virginia, United States.Once the tallest building in the Hampton Roads metro area, it is now the tallest building in the City of Norfolk, having been surpassed by the mid-2000s construction of the Armada Hoffler Tower and Westin Virginia Beach Town Center tower in neighboring Virginia Beach.
1781 British map showing forts in the Norfolk-Portsmouth area, including one on the site of the later Fort Norfolk Fort Norfolk in 1853 [4] Battle of Craney Island during the War of 1812 [4]: 679 Fort Norfolk is a historic fort and national historic district located at Norfolk, Virginia. With the original buildings having been built between ...
The Virginia National Bank Headquarters Historic District encompasses a skyscraper, parking garage, and public plaza in downtown Norfolk, Virginia.Bounded by East Main and Atlantic Streets, Commercial Place, and Waterside Drive, it includes the 24-story Virginia National Bank building, constructed in 1965–67 to a design by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, one of Virginia's leading architectural ...
The TowneBank Building (formerly the Norfolk Southern Tower) is one of the major distinctive and recognizable features of Downtown Norfolk, Virginia, United States.The building was notable as being the corporate headquarters of one of the United States' five Class I railroads, Norfolk Southern, until the relocation of their headquarters to Atlanta, GA in 2021. [1]
The Attucks Theatre is a historic theatre located in Norfolk, Virginia.The theatre was financed, designed and constructed by African American entrepreneurs in 1919, and was designed by Harvey Johnson, an African-American architect.