Quarters A, B, and C, Norfolk Naval Shipyard explained

Quarters A, B, and C, Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:November 19, 1974[1]
Designated Other1 Number:124-0016
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia
Coordinates:36.8264°N -76.2975°W
Architecture:Greek Revival
Added:December 19, 1974
Refnum:74002242

Quarters A, B, and C, Norfolk Naval Shipyard are three historic officer's quarters located at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia. They were built about 1837, and are three Greek Revival style brick dwellings. Quarters A is the most formal and sits on a high basement and covered by a hipped roof with interior end chimneys. It features a central entry with Doric order pilasters, plain full entablature and blocking course. Its design is taken directly from Plate 28 of Asher Benjamin's The Practical House Carpenter (1830). Quarters B and C also sit on a high basement and covered by a hipped roof with interior end chimneys.[2]

Quarters A, the residence of the shipyard's commanders, was extensively damaged by fire on 12 August 2014.[3]

The residences were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 19 March 2013.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Quarters A, B, and C, Norfolk Naval Shipyard . Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff. November 1974. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
  3. News: Reilly. Corinne. Historic home burns at Norfolk Naval Shipyard. 13 August 2014. Virginian-Pilot. August 12, 2014.