Old Norfolk City Hall, also known as the Seaboard Building and U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, is a historic city hall located at Norfolk, Virginia. It was built in 1898–1900, and is a three-story faced with rusticated stone and yellow brick in a Neo-Palladian Revival style. It features a central pedimented engaged portico with Corinthian order pilasters that contains the main entrance. The building housed a post office and Federal courts until they moved to the Walter E. Hoffman United States Courthouse about 1935. Title to the building was transferred from the U.S. government to the city of Norfolk in 1937, when it was converted into a city hall.[3]
Old Norfolk City Hall | |
.jpg) Old Norfolk City Hall & Courthouse, HABS Photo, August 1981 | |
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| Location | 235 E. Plume St., Norfolk, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 36°50′48″N 76°17′25″W / 36.8467°N 76.2903°W |
| Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
| Built | 1898–1900 |
| Architect | Wyatt & Nolting |
| Architectural style | Neo-Palladian Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 81000674[1] |
| VLR No. | 122-0082 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | October 29, 1981 |
| Designated VLR | July 21, 1981[2] |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.[1] In 2009, it became Norfolk's main library.[4] In 2014, the library was expanded to become the Slover Branch/Downtown Norfolk Public Library; the expansion included construction of a new atrium connecting the former city hall with the neighboring Selden Arcade.[5] The library is named in honor of Samuel L. Slover, former mayor of Norfolk.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (July 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Old Norfolk City Hall" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
- ^ Messina, Debbie (March 12, 2009). "Norfolk library's new home is the main attraction". The Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
- ^ "Slover Library". Architect Magazine. December 11, 2014. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
- ^ "History of Slover". Slover Library. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
External links
edit- Official website of current use - Slover Branch/Downtown Norfolk Public Library
- U.S. Post Office & Federal Courts Building, 235 East Plume Street, Norfolk, Norfolk, VA: 3 photo, 19 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey