The Circle | |
Designated Other1: | Virginia Landmarks Register |
Designated Other1 Date: | December 7, 2005[1] |
Designated Other1 Number: | 124-5089 |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
Coordinates: | 36.8367°N -76.3386°W |
Architect: | Morgan, Dorothy P. |
Builder: | Culpepper, R.A. and Son |
Architecture: | Moderne |
Added: | March 8, 2006 |
Delisted: | February 7, 2017 |
Delisted Other1 Date: | September 15, 2016 |
Refnum: | 06000120 |
The Circle was a historic building in Portsmouth, Virginia designed by Dorothy Pebworth and constructed in 1947 - as a single story, stuccoed concrete block building in the Moderne style - originally as a curb-service restaurant, subsequently becoming a dine-in restaurant.[2]
The building's half-circle shape (in plan) featured a prominent facade topped with a neon-lit sign carrying the restaurant's name. It's interior bar featured a mural attributed to Al Hirschfeld of mid-20th century celebrities.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006, the building was demolished on August 19, 2013[3] and removed from the National Register in 2017.