National Register of Historic Places listings in Norfolk, Virginia

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Norfolk, Virginia.

Location of Norfolk in Virginia

This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the independent city of Norfolk, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.[1]

There are 61 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the city. Another 3 properties were once listed but have been removed.

This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted January 29, 2021.[2]

Current listings

[3]	Name on the Register[4]	Image	Date listed[5]	Location	Description
1	Allmand-Archer House	Allmand-Archer House	September 22, 1971 (#71001056)	327 Duke St. 36°51′06″N 76°17′34″W
2	American Cigar Company	American Cigar Company	September 3, 2009 (#09000690)	1148 E. Princess Anne Rd. 36°51′21″N 76°16′14″W	Demolished in 2017[6]
3	Attucks Theatre	Attucks Theatre	September 16, 1982 (#82004575)	1008-1012 Church St. 36°51′24″N 76°16′44″W
4	Ballentine Place Historic District	Ballentine Place Historic District	May 22, 2003 (#03000459)	Roughly bounded by Cromwell Ave., Cape Henry Ave., McKann Ave., and Lafayette Boulevard 36°52′01″N 76°15′11″W
5	Berkley North Historic District	Berkley North Historic District	November 22, 2000 (#00001440)	Roughly bounded by Bellamy Ave., Pescara Creek, Berkley Ave., and Interstate 464 36°50′05″N 76°16′55″W
6	Boush-Tazewell House	Boush-Tazewell House	July 18, 1974 (#74002238)	6225 Powhatan Ave. 36°54′01″N 76°18′50″W
7	Chesterfield Heights Historic District	Chesterfield Heights Historic District	June 10, 2003 (#03000443)	Roughly bounded by the East Branch Elizabeth River, Ballentine Boulevard, Sedgewick St., and Interstate 264 36°50′34″N 76°15′28″W
8	Christ and St. Luke's Church	Christ and St. Luke's Church	June 18, 1979 (#79003286)	560 W. Olney Rd. 36°51′36″N 76°17′52″W
9	Colonial Place	Colonial Place	May 22, 2002 (#02000532)	Roughly bounded by the Lafayette River, Knitting Mill Creek, East Haven Creek, and 38th St. 36°53′05″N 76°17′20″W
10	J. Eugene Diggs House		December 9, 2020 (#100005897)	2509 E. Virginia Beach Boulevard 36°51′07″N 76°15′38″W
11	Downtown Norfolk Historic District	Downtown Norfolk Historic District	March 20, 1987 (#87000475)	Granby, Main, and Plume Sts., City Hall Ave., and Bank St.; also Granby, Freemason, Charlotte, Bute, and York Sts., College Pl., and Monticello Ave. 36°50′58″N 76°17′28″W	Second set of boundaries represents a boundary increase of May 30, 2001
12	Elmwood Cemetery	Elmwood Cemetery	August 27, 2013 (#13000643)	238 E. Princess Anne Rd. 36°51′42″N 76°16′57″W
13	Epworth United Methodist Church	Epworth United Methodist Church	August 21, 1997 (#97000955)	124 W. Freemason St. 36°51′06″N 76°17′27″W
14	First Baptist Church	First Baptist Church	July 21, 1983 (#83003297)	418 E. Bute St. 36°51′10″N 76°17′03″W
15	First Calvary Baptist Church	First Calvary Baptist Church	October 15, 1987 (#87001853)	1036-1040 Wide St. 36°51′24″N 76°16′39″W
16	Fort Norfolk	Fort Norfolk	October 29, 1976 (#76002225)	803 Front St. 36°51′25″N 76°18′22″W
17	Freemason Street Baptist Church	Freemason Street Baptist Church	September 22, 1971 (#71001057)	Northeastern corner of Freemason and Bank Sts. 36°51′02″N 76°17′13″W
18	Ghent Historic District	Ghent Historic District	July 4, 1980 (#80004455)	Roughly bounded by Olney Rd., Virginia Beach Boulevard, Smith's Creek, and Brambleton Ave. 36°51′24″N 76°17′50″W
19	James Blair Junior High School	James Blair Junior High School	February 4, 2000 (#00000068)	730 Spotswood Ave. 36°52′07″N 76°17′47″W
20	Jamestown Exposition Site Buildings	Jamestown Exposition Site Buildings	October 20, 1975 (#75002114)	Bounded by Bacon, Powhatan, Farragut, Gilbert, Bainbridge, and the harbor 36°57′02″N 76°18′49″W
21	Kenmure	Kenmure	June 1, 1988 (#88000601)	420 W. Bute St. 36°51′10″N 76°17′49″W
22	Lafayette Grammar and High School	Lafayette Grammar and High School	February 10, 1983 (#83003298)	3109 Tidewater Dr. 36°52′37″N 76°15′52″W
23	Lafayette Residence Park	Lafayette Residence Park	January 27, 1999 (#99000071)	Roughly bounded by Tidewater Dr., Dupont Creek, Fontainbleau Crescent, La Salle Ave., Orleans Creek, and the Lafayette River 36°52′37″N 76°16′00″W
24	Lambert's Point Knitting Mill (122-0934)	Lambert's Point Knitting Mill (122-0934)	February 1, 2006 (#05001585)	808 W. 44th St. 36°53′05″N 76°17′44″W
25	Monticello Arcade	Monticello Arcade	May 21, 1975 (#75002115)	In the 200 block of E. City Hall Ave., between City Hall Ave. and Plume St. 36°50′50″N 76°17′27″W
26	Moses Myers House	Moses Myers House	February 16, 1970 (#70000874)	Southwestern corner of E. Freemason and N. Bank Sts. 36°51′01″N 76°17′15″W
27	Norfolk Academy	Norfolk Academy	November 12, 1969 (#69000343)	420 Bank St. 36°51′04″N 76°17′09″W
28	Norfolk and Western Railroad Historic District	Norfolk and Western Railroad Historic District	May 18, 2015 (#15000253)	Parts of 21st through 27th Sts., Bowden's Ferry Rd., and Colley, Colonial, Debree, Llewellyn, Monticello Aves. 36°52′19″N 76°17′32″W
29	Norfolk Auto Row Historic District	Norfolk Auto Row Historic District	August 25, 2014 (#14000529)	Roughly bounded by E. 14th, Boush, and Granby Sts., and Monticello and W. Brambleton Aves. 36°51′22″N 76°17′18″W	Boundary increase approved March 8, 2019
30	Norfolk Botanical Garden	Norfolk Botanical Garden	August 17, 2005 (#05000895)	6700 Azalea Garden Rd. 36°54′12″N 76°12′12″W
31	Norfolk City Hall	Norfolk City Hall	March 16, 1972 (#72001511)	421 E. City Hall Ave. 36°50′51″N 76°17′19″W	Current home of the General Douglas MacArthur Memorial
32	Norfolk Fire Department Station No. 12	Norfolk Fire Department Station No. 12	June 11, 2020 (#100005281)	1650 W. Little Creek Rd. 36°54′59″N 76°18′25″W
33	North Ghent	North Ghent	July 11, 2001 (#01000693)	Bounded by Princess Anne Rd., Olney Rd., Colonial Ave., and Colley Ave. 36°51′45″N 76°17′53″W
34	Old Norfolk City Hall	Old Norfolk City Hall	October 29, 1981 (#81000674)	235 E. Plume St. 36°50′48″N 76°17′25″W	Also known as the Seaboard building and a former U.S. Post Office. Today this is part of the Slover branch of the Norfolk Public Library. A glass atrium was built to adjoin it to the neighboring Selden Arcade.[7]
35	Park Place Historic District	Park Place Historic District	February 10, 2006 (#06000029)	Roughly bounded by Hampton Boulevard, 23rd St., Granby St., and 38th St. 36°52′29″N 76°17′28″W	Boundary increase approved June 5, 2017
36	Poplar Hall	Poplar Hall	November 7, 1997 (#97001402)	400 Stuart Cir. 36°50′45″N 76°13′19″W
37	Queen Street Baptist Church	Queen Street Baptist Church	March 15, 2006 (#06000141)	413 Brambleton Ave. 36°51′12″N 76°17′02″W
38	Riverview	Riverview	September 24, 1999 (#99001198)	Roughly bounded by LaVallette Ave., Beach Ave. on the Lafayette River, and Columbus Ave. 36°52′58″N 76°16′45″W
39	St. John's African Methodist Episcopal Church	St. John's African Methodist Episcopal Church	December 4, 1986 (#86003441)	539-545 E. Bute St. 36°51′08″N 76°16′56″W
40	Saint Mary's Catholic Cemetery	Saint Mary's Catholic Cemetery	July 13, 2001 (#01000694)	3000 Church St. 36°52′28″N 76°16′49″W
41	St. Mary's Church	St. Mary's Church	May 25, 1979 (#79003287)	232 Chapel St. 36°50′50″N 76°16′57″W
42	St. Paul's Church	St. Paul's Church	July 2, 1971 (#71001058)	201 St. Paul's Boulevard 36°50′52″N 76°17′07″W
43	St. Peter's Episcopal Church	St. Peter's Episcopal Church	July 8, 2010 (#10000445)	1625 Brown Ave. 36°50′37″N 76°16′24″W
44	Seaboard Air Line Railway Building	Seaboard Air Line Railway Building	February 5, 2013 (#12001271)	221-229 W. Bute St. 36°51′10″N 76°17′30″W	Also known as the Wainwright Building or Wainwright Downtown, a luxury apartment building.[8]
45	Security Storage and Safe Deposit Company Warehouse	Security Storage and Safe Deposit Company Warehouse	November 19, 2014 (#14000948)	517-523 Front St. 36°51′15″N 76°18′01″W
46	Southern Bagging Company	Southern Bagging Company	August 8, 2007 (#07000804)	1900 Monticello Ave. 36°51′56″N 76°17′01″W
47	Talbot Hall	Talbot Hall	February 2, 2016 (#15001041)	600 Talbot Hall Rd., 6601 Caroline St., and 6651 Talbot Hall Ct. 36°54′12″N 76°17′14″W
48	Taylor-Whittle House	Taylor-Whittle House	September 22, 1971 (#71001059)	225 W. Freemason St. 36°51′07″N 76°17′32″W
49	U.S. Customhouse	U.S. Customhouse	April 17, 1970 (#70000901)	101 E. Main St. 36°50′46″N 76°17′32″W
50	US Post Office and Courthouse	US Post Office and Courthouse	October 10, 1984 (#84000098)	600 Granby St. 36°51′13″N 76°17′18″W
51	USS WISCONSIN (BB-64) battleship	USS WISCONSIN (BB-64) battleship	March 28, 2012 (#12000178)	1 Waterside Dr. 36°50′54″N 76°17′44″W
52	Virginia Bank and Trust Building	Virginia Bank and Trust Building	February 23, 1984 (#84003553)	101 Granby St. 36°50′48″N 76°17′33″W
53	Virginia Ice & Freezing Corporation Cold Storage Warehouse	Virginia Ice & Freezing Corporation Cold Storage Warehouse	November 13, 2009 (#09000922)	835 Southampton Ave. 36°51′30″N 76°18′23″W
54	Virginia National Bank Headquarters Historic District	Virginia National Bank Headquarters Historic District	August 15, 2016 (#16000535)	Bounded by Commercial Place, Waterside Dr., and E. Plume and Atlantic Sts. 36°50′44″N 76°17′23″W	Also known as Bank of America Center (Norfolk, Virginia) and as of 2017, Icon Norfolk (luxury apartments)[9]
55	Wells Theatre	Wells Theatre	May 19, 1980 (#80004312)	Tazewell St. and Monticello Ave. 36°50′57″N 76°17′25″W
56	West Freemason Street Area Historic District	West Freemason Street Area Historic District	November 7, 1972 (#72001512)	Both sides of Bute and Freemason Sts. between the Elizabeth River and York and Duke Sts. 36°51′08″N 76°17′40″W
57	West Point Cemetery	West Point Cemetery	May 3, 2007 (#07000393)	238 E. Princess Anne Rd. 36°51′40″N 76°17′06″W
58	Williamston-Woodland Historic District	Williamston-Woodland Historic District	August 25, 2014 (#14000530)	Roughly bounded by the Norfolk Southern railroad line and Church, 18th, and Omohundro Sts. 36°51′58″N 76°16′59″W
59	Willoughby-Baylor House	Willoughby-Baylor House	September 22, 1971 (#71001060)	601 Freemason St. 36°50′59″N 76°17′08″W
60	Winona	Winona	July 5, 2001 (#01000702)	Roughly bounded by Ashland Circle, Ashland Ave., Elmere Place, Huntington Crescent, Holland Ave., and the Lafayette River 36°52′51″N 76°16′10″W
61	Zion Methodist Church	Zion Methodist Church	April 4, 2007 (#07000274)	2729 Bowden's Ferry Rd. 36°52′42″N 76°18′14″W

Former listings

[3]	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Date removed	Location	City or town	Summary
1	Christ Church		1971 (#71001064)	1973	421 East Freemason Street	Norfolk	Demolished in January 1973
2	Walter Herron Taylor Elementary School		August 13, 1998 (#98001067)	March 19, 2001	1410 Claremont Avenue	Norfolk	Demolished in June 1999
3	Huntington (Tugboat)	Huntington (Tugboat)	August 5, 1999 (#99000958)	February 7, 2017	1 Waterside Dr. – Nauticus Pier	Norfolk	Scrapped, except for the museum-held pilot house[10]
4	John T. West School		2000 (#00000315)	September 27, 2006	1435 Bolton Street	Norfolk	Demolished in 2006

See also

• List of National Historic Landmarks in Virginia
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Virginia

References

1. The latitude and longitude information provided in this table was derived originally from the National Register Information System, which has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings. Some locations in this table may have been corrected to current GPS standards.
2. "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions". National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved on January 29, 2021.
3. Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
4. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 24, 2008.
5. The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
6. http://www.pilotonline.com/government/local/article_5c768403-c228-57d1-b7a5-a02d150d2d9e.html
7. History of Slover Branch Library, Downtown Norfolk
8. Wainwright Norfolk website
9. Icon Norfolk apartments website
10. Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Acquires Tug Huntington's Pilot House, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, n.d. Accessed 2016-12-24.