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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDVC_commercial-place_Norfolk-VA.html
When a survey was done in 1680 to lay out the town of Norfolk, one of the few streets shown was "the street that leadeth to the water side." The original location was just to the west of this site. It fanned out from Front (now Main) Street south …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDEU_ferries-to-portsmouth-and-berkley_Norfolk-VA.html
According to tradition, ferry service across the Elizabeth River was first established near this location in 1636 by Captain Adam Thoroughgood and operated by Lower Norfolk County. The earliest ferries were simply skiffs rowed by men. Later larger…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM37P_the-underground-railroad_Norfolk-VA.html
After northern states began abolishing slavery during the Revolutionary era, fugitives from throughout southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina started to escape by ship from the Norfolk waterfront. With luck and determination, many s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PQ_downtown-waterfront-revitalization_Norfolk-VA.html
In the 1950s the downtown waterfront contained an assortment of aging facilities-wharves, warehouses, rail lines, ship chandlers, tugboat operations, and ferry docks. The city of Norfolk made a significant decision. An area of downtown along the E…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PO_atlantic-intracoastal-waterway_Norfolk-VA.html
Off this point in the Elizabeth River is the zero mile buoy marking the beginning of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. In colonial times water transportation was the principal mode for moving cargo. The idea of a canal connecting the Elizabeth R…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PM_the-first-battle-of-ironclad-ships-1862_Norfolk-VA.html
On March 8, 1862 CSS Virginia steamed past this point (1) to a battle which would forever change naval warfare. This ship had previously been a Union steam frigate, USS Merrimack, which had been destroyed near the Gosport Navy Yard (2). Confederat…
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…