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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDH6_crawford-house_Portsmouth-VA.html
Erected 1835 by J.W. Collins, Portsmouth's first five-story building and for many years a leading hotel. Presidents Van Buren, Tyler, and Fillmore were entertained here.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDGJ_home-site-of-william-crawford-d-1762-founder-of-portsmouth_Portsmouth-VA.html
Here stood the residence of William Crawford who in 1752 founded the town of Portsmouth on sixty-five acres of his extensive plantation lands. The house site extended south on Crawford Street 113 feet, and east on High Street to the Elizabeth Rive…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDGI_john-luke-porter_Portsmouth-VA.html
John Luke Porter, first president of the Portsmouth common council, was born just two blocks south of here. An accomplished naval constructor, commissioned first by the United States and later by the Confederacy, Porter supervised, at the Norfolk …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDGH_revolutionary-war-at-portsmouth_Portsmouth-VA.html
In October 1775, Virginia's last royal governor, the Earl of Dunmore, made his headquarters at Gosport, one mile south of here. After his defeat at Great Bridge and the destruction of Norfolk, he entrenched at Hospital Point, one mile north, but w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDGG_the-coast-guard_Portsmouth-VA.html
The City of Portsmouth has had a long history of supporting U.S. Coast Guard operations. Today it serves as a center for Coast Guard regional administration and operational oversight through the Atlantic Area Command headquarters, Fifth District h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDFY_lightship-portsmouth_Portsmouth-VA.html
Lightships and the City of Portsmouth go back to the beginning of lightship duty in this country in 1820. The first lightship was established off Craney Island at the mouth of the Elizabeth River. Working lightships were constant visitors on the P…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDFX_lightship-portsmouth_Portsmouth-VA.html
Lightships were "floating lighthouses." They were anchored at the entrances to ports, bays and outer limits to off-lying danger areas such as shoals and reefs. These vessels served as aids to navigation.
Lightships were originally placed where …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDFN_portsmouth-public-library_Portsmouth-VA.html
The Portsmouth Public Library was established in 1914 primarily due to efforts of the Students Club. The first library was housed in the annex behind the 1846 Courthouse and most of the original collection was donated from the Seaboard Air Line Ra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDFL_naval-shipyard-museum_Portsmouth-VA.html
Constructed in 1919, this building was used as a maintenance building for the Norfolk County ferries. From 1636 to 1955 the ferries provided service for passengers and their various modes of transportation across the Elizabeth River between Norfol…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDFI_seaboard-air-line-railroad_Portsmouth-VA.html
The Portsmouth & Roanoke Railroad was incorporated in March 1832 and began operations in July 1834 when the first train, pulled by horses, ran a full circuit from Portsmouth to Suffolk. A locomotive replaced the horses later that year. By late 183…