Historic Districts
Vacant / Not In Use
Virginia - Newport News County
Newport News County Virginia has 35 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 3 places of National significance and 18 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include DOROTHY (tugboat), Denbigh Plantation Site, S.S. JOHN W. BROWN, Boldrup Plantation Archeological Site and Dam No. One Battlefield Site.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Late Woodland Period and Early Woodland dating back to 999 BC.

Many famous people are associated with these Newport News County historic places including John Bankhead Magruder, Richard Decatur Lee, Miles II Cary, Lloyd U. Sr. Noland, J. Thomas Newsome and Simon Reid Curtis.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Newport News County places including US Maritime Commission, Bethelhem-Fairfield Shipyard, Newport News Ship Bldg & Dry Dock, Francis Y. Joannes, Isaac St. John, Alfred Rives, Henry Vincemt Hubbard, William Harwood, James Stewart & Company and Miles Cary. Prominent architectural styles found in Newport News Country are Colonial Revival, Italianate and Modern Movement.

Boldrup Plantation Archeological Site (added 1982 - - #82004573)
Also known as Site 44NN40;Site 44NN5;Site 44NN6
Address Restricted , Newport News (Independent City)
Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Historic - Non-Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Colonial
Period of Significance:
1750-1799, 1700-1749, 1650-1699, 1600-1649
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Cemetery, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling
Causey's Mill (added 2008 - - #08000078)
Also known as 121-0012
11700 Warwick Rd. , Newport News (Independent City)
Bob0the0mighty, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Causey, William
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce, Industry
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Work In Progress
More Information:
archives document
DOROTHY (tugboat) (added 1990 - - #90000587)
Also known as J. Alvah Clark,Jessie Jr.,Janet S.
4101 Washington Ave. , Newport News (Independent City)
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Newport News Ship Bldg & Dry Dock
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Engineering, Industry, Maritime History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Monument/Marker
Dam No. One Battlefield Site (added 1995 - - #95000972)
Also known as Lee's Mill Battlefield;Newport News Park;VDHR File No. 121-6
13560 Jefferson Ave. , Newport News (Independent City)
Bob0the0mighty, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Military
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Battle Site, Fortification
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Outdoor Recreation
More Information:
archives document
Denbigh Plantation Site (added 1970 - - #70000873)
Also known as Mathews Manor
Address Restricted , Newport News (Independent City)
Acroterion, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1600-1649
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Endview Plantation (added 2008 - - #08000391)
Also known as Harwood Plantation, #121-0002
362 Yorktown Rd. , Newport News (Independent City)
KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Harwood, William
Architectural Style:
Georgian
Area of Significance:
Military, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Defense, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Military Facility, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
Fields, James A., House (added 2002 - - #02000623)
617 27th St. , Newport News (Independent City)
KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Person
Historic Person:
Fields, James A.
Significant Year:
1908, 1915, 1897
Area of Significance:
Health/Medicine, Black
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Health Care
Historic Sub-function:
Hospital, Professional, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
First Baptist Church--Newport News (added 2000 - - #00000774)
119 29th St. , Newport News (Independent City)
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More Information:
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First Denbigh Parish Church Archeological Site (added 1982 - - #82004574)
Address Restricted , Newport News (Independent City)
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Religion
Cultural Affiliation:
Colonial
Period of Significance:
1600-1649
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Fort Crafford (added 1974 - - #74002237)
Fort Eustis Military Reservation on Mulberry Island Point , Newport News (Independent City)
Oudemia, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Military
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Fortification
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
Greenlawn Cemetery (added 1999 - - #99000139)
Also known as VDHR File # 121-65, Greenlawn Memorial Park
2700 Parish Ave. , Newport News (Independent City)
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Lawson and Newton, Couper, O.D., Ennis
Area of Significance:
Social History, Landscape Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery
Current Function:
Funerary
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery
More Information:
archives document
Hilton Village (added 1969 - - #69000341)
Bounded by the James River, Post St., Chesapeake and Ohio RR tracks, and Hopkins St. , Newport News (Independent City)
BotMultichillT, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Hubbard,Henry Vincemt, Joannes,Francis Y.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Hotel Warwick (added 1984 - - #84000044)
Also known as VHLC File No. 121-40
25th St. and West Ave. , Newport News (Independent City)
Pianoman77, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Gothic Revival, Art Deco
Area of Significance:
Military, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Hotel
More Information:
archives document
Jones, Matthew, House (added 1969 - - #69000342)
Also known as Bourbon;Brick House Farm
MacAuliffe Rd. and James River Rd., Fort Eustis , Newport News (Independent City)
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Art, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1700-1749
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
Lee Hall (added 1972 - - #72001510)
Near jct. of U.S. 60 and VA 238 , Newport News (Independent City)
Lyricmac, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Mixed (More Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)
Historic Person:
Lee,Richard Decatur
Significant Year:
1859, 1862, 1848
Area of Significance:
Military, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Lee Hall Depot (added 2010 - - #10000793)
9 Elmhurst St, Newport News
HimalayanSnowLeopard, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Stick/Eastlake
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Lee's Mill Earthworks (added 2003 - - #03000568)
Also known as Mill Tract, 121-0050
280 Rivers Ridge Cir. , Newport News
KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Person
Historic Person:
Magruder, John Bankhead
Significant Year:
1862
Area of Significance:
Military
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Fortification
Current Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Forest, Outdoor Recreation, Park, Parking Lot
More Information:
archives document
Medical Arts Building (added 2002 - - #02001001)
2901 West Avenue , Newport News (Independent City)
Pianoman77, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Health Care
Historic Sub-function:
Medical Business/Office
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
Newport News Middle Ground Light Station (added 2002 - - #02001438)
Approx. 2 mi. SSE of Newport News , Newport News (Independent City)
BD2412, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
US Lighthouse Board
Area of Significance:
Maritime History, Transportation, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling, Water-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Water-Related
More Information:
archives document
Newport News Public Library (added 2005 - - #05000894)
Also known as DHR File # 121-0080, West Avenue Library
2907 West Ave. , Newport News (Independent City)
Pianoman77, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Robinson, Charles Morrison
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
Library
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
Library
More Information:
archives document
Newsome, J. Thomas, House (added 1990 - - #90001831)
Also known as DHR 121-52
2803 Oak Ave. , Newport News (Independent City)
Pianoman77, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Newsome,J. Thomas
Significant Year:
1898
Area of Significance:
Black
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
Noland Company Building (added 2010 - - #10000283)
Also known as VDHR No. 121-0299
2600 Warwick Blvd. , Newport News (Independent City)
Pianoman77, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Event
Historic Person:
Noland, Lloyd U. Sr.
Area of Significance:
Commerce
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Specialty Store, Warehouse
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
North End Historic District (added 1986 - - #86001999)
Roughly bounded by Sixty-eighth St., Warwick Blvd., Fiftieth St., and Huntington Ave. , Newport News (Independent City)
KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman, Colonial Revival, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Military, Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Queen Hith Plantation Complex Site (added 1983 - - #83003293)
Also known as 44NN8
Address Restricted , Newport News (Independent City)
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Late Woodland Period
Period of Significance:
1750-1799, 1700-1749, 1650-1699, 1600-1649
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Richneck Plantation Site (added 1977 - - #77001535)
Address Restricted , Newport News (Independent City)
KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Person
Historic Person:
Cary,Miles II
Significant Year:
1667
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Politics/Government, Law, Historic - Non-Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Colonial
Period of Significance:
1700-1749, 1650-1699
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
School
Riverside Apartments (added 1983 - - #83003294)
Also known as Shipyard Apartments
4500-4600 Washington Ave. , Newport News (Independent City)
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Joannes,Francis Y., James Stewart & Company
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Military, Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Work In Progress
More Information:
archives document
S.S. JOHN W. BROWN (added 1997 - - #85000399)
Fort Eustis , Newport News (Independent City)
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Bethelhem-Fairfield Shipyard, US Maritime Commission
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Transportation, Military
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Defense, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Simon Reid Curtis House (added 2009 - - #09000641)
Also known as 121-5031, Boxwood Inn
10 Elmhurst St. , Newport News
Petraholden, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Wagner, Adolph
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Historic Person:
Curtis, Simon Reid
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce, Politics/Government
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government
Historic Sub-function:
Post Office, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Restaurant, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Skiffes Creek Sand Spit Site (added 1983 - - #83003295)
Also known as 44NN7
Address Restricted , Newport News (Independent City)
KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Early Woodland, Late Woodland
Period of Significance:
500-999 BC, 499-0 BC, 499-0 AD, 1000-500 AD
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Camp
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Smith's Pharmacy (added 2002 - - #02000618)
Also known as 121-5066
3114 Chestnut Ave. , Newport News
Pianoman77, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Walker, Elbert, Livas, Henry L.
Architectural Style:
Early Commercial
Historic Person:
Smith, Dr. Charles C.
Significant Year:
1952, 1946
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture, Health/Medicine, Social History
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Health Care
Historic Sub-function:
Medical Business/Office
Current Function:
Health Care
Current Sub-function:
Medical Business/Office
More Information:
archives document
Southern Terminal Redoubt (added 1983 - - #83003296)
Also known as 44NN10C
Address Restricted , Newport News (Independent City)
Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Event
Area of Significance:
Military, Historic - Non-Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Not Available
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Fortification
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church (added 2005 - - #05000525)
Also known as 121-0032
230 33rd St. , Newport News
Pianoman77, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Ruehrmund, Carl
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Social History, Religion, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Funerary, Landscape, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Church Related Residence, Graves/Burials, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Street Furniture/Object
Current Function:
Domestic, Funerary, Landscape, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Church Related Residence, Graves/Burials, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Street Furniture/Object
More Information:
archives document
Temple Sinai (added 2015 - - #15000252)
Newport News (Independent City), Newport News (Independent City)
KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Modern Movement
Area of Significance:
Other-Ethnic, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974 AD
Warwick County Courthouses (added 1988 - - #88002186)
Also known as Warwick County Courthouse and Clerk's Office
Old Courthouse Way , Newport News (Independent City)
Asgmlk, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Italianate, Federal
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Courthouse
Current Function:
Government
Current Sub-function:
Government Office
More Information:
archives document
Whittaker Memorial Hospital (added 2009 - - #09000794)
Also known as DHR# 121-5072
1003 Twenty-Eighth St. , Newport News
Pianoman77, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Black, Health/Medicine
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Health Care
Historic Sub-function:
Hospital
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
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