Downtown Portsmouth Historic District
Downtown Portsmouth Historic District, also known as the High Street Corridor Historic District, is a national historic district located at Portsmouth, Virginia. It encompasses 229 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, 4 contributing structures, and 1 contributing object in the central business district of Portsmouth. The district encompasses the original 1752 plan of the Town of Portsmouth and includes portions of expansions of the original boundaries dating to 1763 and 1909. It includes a variety of commercial, government, and institutional buildings, with most dating to the years around the turn of the 20th century. Notable buildings include the Captain Baird House, Vermillion Manor (1840), City Hall Building (1878), former United State Post Office (1907-1908), First Presbyterian
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Downtown Portsmouth Historic District
Downtown Portsmouth Historic District, also known as the High Street Corridor Historic District, is a national historic district located at Portsmouth, Virginia. It encompasses 229 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, 4 contributing structures, and 1 contributing object in the central business district of Portsmouth. The district encompasses the original 1752 plan of the Town of Portsmouth and includes portions of expansions of the original boundaries dating to 1763 and 1909. It includes a variety of commercial, government, and institutional buildings, with most dating to the years around the turn of the 20th century. Notable buildings include the Captain Baird House, Vermillion Manor (1840), City Hall Building (1878), former United State Post Office (1907-1908), First Presbyterian
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Downtown Portsmouth Historic D ...... er of Historic Places in 2004.
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Cassell, Charles; et al.
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Late Victorian, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
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First Presbyterian Church
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Virginia Landmarks Register
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Downtown Portsmouth Historic D ...... 1907-1908), First Presbyterian
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Downtown Portsmouth Historic District
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