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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PL_armed-forces-memorial_Norfolk-VA.html
The Armed Forces Memorial is located here on a river that has for more than 200 years carried servicemen off to war and returned them home to loved ones. Within the Memorial are 20 inscriptions from letters written home by U.S. service members who…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NX_the-cedar_Norfolk-VA.html
A cedar tree near this location, then known as Foure Farthing Pointe, was described in the original patent defining the western boundary of the 50 acres that comprised Norfolk Town. In August 1680 John Ferebee, surveyor for Lower Norfolk County, w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NW_battleship-wisconsin-berthed-in-norfolk_Norfolk-VA.html
Redefining the skyline of downtown Norfolk, battleship Wisconsin stands stoically with dominating presence. After months of dredging and construction, Wisconsin majestically slipped into the seemingly tailored berth without a hitch on 7 December 2…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N3_battleship-wisconsin-a-floating-fortress_Norfolk-VA.html
Battleship Wisconsin and the sister-ships of the Iowa Class arguably hold a symbolic status as monuments in naval surface warship design. Unlike torpedo boats, tin-can destroyers, flat-top aircraft carriers, and pig-boat submarines, the teak decks…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N0_flood-protection-for-downtown-norfolk_Norfolk-VA.html
Tidal flooding from hurricanes and northeasters has always been a part of Norfolk's relationship with the sea. In 1693, the Royal Society of London reported that "there happened a most violent storm in Virginia, which stopped the course of ancient…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MZ_epworth-united-methodist-church-1894_Norfolk-VA.html
This 1894 Richardsonian Romanesque granite and sandstone church was designed by Norfolk architects James E. R. Carpenter and John V. Peebles. It was built to accommodate the growing congregation of the 1850 Granby Street Methodist Church at the no…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MY_st-pauls-church-1739_Norfolk-VA.html
In 1641 a "chapel of ease" was built here where St. Paul's Church is now. The 1680 survey of the new town designated this site for a church and burying ground. Many of the founders of Norfolk are buried here. When Norfolk became a borough by royal…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MX_tripoli-street_Norfolk-VA.html
Monticello Avenue, South of Market Street, was formerly Tripoli Street. It was named in honour of Commodore Stephen Decatur's victory over the Barbary Pirates, after he had requested that his own name should not be used.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MV_northern-limit-of-old-norfolk_Norfolk-VA.html
This marks the Northern limit of the fifty acres constituting the original town of Norfolk. It was bounded on the North by Town Back Creek and Dun-In-The-Mire Creek. The land was purchased as a port for lower Norfolk county for "tenn thousand poun…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LV_st-johns-african-methodist-episcopal-church_Norfolk-VA.html
St. John's African Methodist Episcopal Church has been registered as a Virginia Historic Landmark pursuant to the authority vested in the Virginia Historic Landmarks Board Act 1966. This property has been entered in the national Register of Histor…