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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSHE_12-pounder-gun-howitzer_Hampton-VA.html
Union field pieceMade by Revere Copper Co., BostonBronze smoothborecommonly called NapoleonDiameter of bore ? ? 4.62 inchesOverall length ? ? 72.15 inchesWeight ? ? 1228 poundsRange ? ? 1680 yards (0.95 miles)
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSHD_12-pounder-howitzer_Hampton-VA.html
Bronze field pieceMade for Confederates in 1862by Tredegar Foundry, RichmondSmoothboreDiameter of bore ? ? 4.62 inchesOverall length ? ? 58.6 inchesRange ? ? 1072 yards (0.5 miles)
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSH9_rodman-gun_Hampton-VA.html
Originally cast as a 10-inch, smooth bore gun, this weapon was converted to an 8-inch rifle in 1884 at the South Boston Iron Works. The gun weighs 15,800 pounds, has a length of 144 inches and a diameter and a diameter of 35 inches. The ordnance i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSH8_rodman-gun_Hampton-VA.html
This piece was originally a 10-inch, smooth bore gun. It was converted in 1876 at the West Point foundry, New York, to an 8-inch rifle by inserting a rifled steel tube in the barrel. This particular conversion process was a failure as the system l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRMD_aberdeen-gardens_Hampton-VA.html
Built "by Negroes for Negroes," Aberdeen Gardens began in 1934 as the model resettlement community for Negro families. It was the only such community in the United States designed by a Negro architect (Hilyard R. Robinson) and built by Negro contr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMOC_indian-river-park-in-the-heart-of-olde-wythe_Hampton-VA.html
On this site in 1916 local businessman and developer Charles Hopkins and his partners launched the Boulevard Development Company, to build "attractive, high class home places" half way between Hampton and Newport News. With the local connection to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMO8_the-hampton-roads-golf-and-country-club_Hampton-VA.html
The Hampton Roads Golf and Country Club was established in 1893 on undeveloped land purchased for speculation by Mary Frances Armstrong in 1888. This site today would extend from Hampton Roads Avenue to East Avenue, from Kecoughtan Road to Hampton…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMO4_hampton-roads-worlds-greatest-harbor_Hampton-VA.html
The body of water before you, named Hampton Roads, is one of the world's biggest, deepest, natural harbors. It is formed at the mouths of the James, Nansemond and Elizabeth Rivers and empties into the Chesapeake Bay. The name Hampton Roads honors …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMO0_olde-wythe-during-colonial-times_Hampton-VA.html
The Olde Wythe neighborhood was once part of Elizabeth City County, one of the four original Corporations of the London Company's Virginia colony. The county is now classified as "extinct," because its citizens voted to consolidate with the county…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMNY_the-development-of-olde-wythe_Hampton-VA.html
In the years prior to the Civil War, the area known today as Olde Wythe was simply country farm land, with no special designation. After the war it remained the same for quite a while as there were no roads in the area, just country lanes. Althoug…