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Designated VLR. June 17, 1986 [2] North End Historic District is a national historic district located at Newport News, Virginia. It encompasses 451 contributing buildings in a primarily residential section of Newport News. It is a compact, middle-class and upper middle-class residential neighborhood that arose during the period 1900–1935 in ...
Causey's Mill. / 37.05861°N 76.48361°W / 37.05861; -76.48361. Causey's Mill is a historic grist mill located in Causey's Mill Park at Newport News, Virginia. It was built in 1866, and is a small two-story wood-frame building originally supported by a brick and concrete foundation. It retains its original machinery and is one of the ...
Lee's Mill Earthworks. / 37.16722°N 76.55361°W / 37.16722; -76.55361. Lee's Mill Earthworks is a historic archaeological site located at Newport News, Virginia. The earthworks formed part of the fortifications along the James River, which included fortifications at Fort Crafford, as well as, Dam No.1, and Wynne's Mill in Newport News ...
Simon Reid Curtis House. / 37.19583°N 76.57222°W / 37.19583; -76.57222. Simon Reid Curtis House, now known as the Boxwood Inn, is a historic home located in the Lee Hall neighborhood of Newport News, Virginia. It was built in 1897, and is a large, -story, Colonial Revival style frame combined store, post office, and dwelling.
J. Thomas Newsome House. / 36.98972°N 76.40500°W / 36.98972; -76.40500. J. Thomas Newsome House is a historic home located at Newport News, Virginia. It was built in 1898, and is a -story, seven bay, asymmetrical, frame Queen Anne style dwelling. It features a steeply pitched irregularly composed roof, three sided bay, front Palladian ...
Noland Company Building. / 36.98222°N 76.42667°W / 36.98222; -76.42667. Noland Company Building is a historic building located at Newport News, Virginia. The original section was built in 1920, and is three stories in height and is a cast-in-place concrete and brick structure. Later additions are a four-story brick addition and two ...
1881–1896: tiny farming village becomes a new city. Newport News was merely an area of farm lands and a fishing village until the coming of the railroad and the subsequent establishment of the great shipyard. As a 16-year-old in 1837, Collis P. Huntington had visited the rural village known as Newport News Point.
Medical Arts Building (Newport News, Virginia) / 36.97972°N 76.43444°W / 36.97972; -76.43444. Medical Arts Building is an American historic medical office building located at Newport News, Virginia. It was designed by architect Charles M. Robinson and built in 1928. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.