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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDHB_monumental-methodist-church_Portsmouth-VA.html
This Church, founded 1772, is one of the oldest Methodist Churches in Virginia. The first building was erected, 1775, at South and Effingham Streets. The Church was moved to Glasgow Street near Court in 1792. It established the first Sunday School…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDHA_the-commodore-theatre_Portsmouth-VA.html
Opened on November 14, 1945, the Commodore Theatre was designed by noted Baltimore architect John J. Zink and built and operated by William S. "Bunkie" Wilder, a Portsmouth native, as his flagship theatre. It is named for Commodore James Barron, v…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDH9_trinity-church_Portsmouth-VA.html
Built in 1762 as the Parish Church of Portsmouth Parish, established in 1761. Later named Trinity; Enlarged in 1829; Remodeled in 1893. Colonel William Crawford, founder of Portsmouth in 1752, was a member of the first Vestry. Buried here is Commo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDH8_towne-square_Portsmouth-VA.html
The intersection of High and Court Street was known as Towne Square, the cornerstone of the community. The square that you are standing on was known as Courthouse Square, the site of the original courthouse from 1803-1846. In 1855 the Ocean Hotel …
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…
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