Truxtun Historic District

Historic district in Virginia, United States

United States historic place
Truxtun Historic District
Virginia Landmarks Register
Portsmouth Boulevard west of Dahlia Street
36°48′59″N 76°19′4″W / 36.81639°N 76.31778°W / 36.81639; -76.31778
Area43 acres (17 ha)
Built1918 (1918)
ArchitectU.S. Housing Corporation; Multiple
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No.82004581[1]
VLR No.124-0047
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 16, 1982
Designated VLRApril 15, 1980[2]

Truxtun Historic District is a national historic district located at Portsmouth, Virginia. It encompasses 241 contributing buildings in a primarily residential section of Portsmouth. It was developed between 1918 and 1920 as a planned community of Colonial Revival style single family residences. It was developed by the United States Housing Corporation as a result of the rapid influx of workers at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard during World War I. It was the first wartime government housing project constructed exclusively for African-American residents.[3] In 1921 the Federal Government sold it off.[4]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
  3. ^ Lisbeth Lund Coke (April 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Truxtun Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo and Accompanying map Archived 2012-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Who's who in Colored America". 1942.
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