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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2EAX_deaf-and-blind-school_Hampton-VA.html
Deaf and Blind School. . In 1906, the Virginia General Assembly authorized the Virginia School for Colored Deaf and Blind Children. Founded by deaf humanitarian William C. Ritter and Hampton Delegate Harry R. Houston, the school opened on 8 Sep…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GEH_admiral-sir-george-cockburn-on-the-chesapeake-the-war-of-1812_Hampton-VA.html
Admiral Sir George Cockburn on the Chesapeake
During the War of 1812, a British naval squadron arrived in Hampton Roads on 4 February 1813 to establish a naval blockade of the Chesapeake Bay. Later commanded by Adm. Sir George Cockburn, the squa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GEG_sack-of-hampton-the-war-of-1812_Hampton-VA.html
Sack of Hampton
As British Gen. Sidney Beckwith dispersed the local militia on 25 June 1813, Adm. Sir George Cockburn feigned an attack with barges at the mouth of the Hampton River. Hampton water battery was abandoned and the British occupied t…
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMNV_fertile-hunting-grounds-for-the-indians_Hampton-VA.html
Long before citizens of Hampton ever called Olde Wythe home, this area was used by the Kecoughtan Indians for hunting, fishing, and growing crops. The Kecoughtans were part of a loose confederation of the Algonquin whose chieftain was Powhatan. Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMN6_first-church-at-kecoughtan_Hampton-VA.html
Near here on the church creek stood the first church at Kecoughtan (later Hampton). Built on the Parish Glebe Farm about 1616, as the first church of the oldest continuous settlement of English origin in America, William Mease was the first known …