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Park Place Historic District
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| Location: | Roughly bounded by Hampton Blvd., 23rd St., Granby St. and 38th St., Norfolk, Virginia |
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| Area: | 347 acres (140 ha) |
| Built: | 1884 |
| Architect: | Ferebee, A.O.; Hebard, Vance, et al. |
| Architectural style: | Queen Anne, Shingle Style, et al. |
| Governing body: | Local |
| NRHP Reference#: | 06000029[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | February 10, 2006 |
Park Place is a neighborhood in the western half of Norfolk, Virginia. Its boundaries are roughly Church Street on the east, Hampton Boulevard on the west, the railroad tracks immediately south of 23rd Street on the south and up to (and including the southern half of) 38th Street to the north. Officially this area includes other more localized designations such as Kensington, but in practice the area is simply referred to as Park Place. The area is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Park Place Historic District.
Park Place is a predominantly African-American neighborhood that lies directly north of the Ghent district and directly south of Colonial Place and Highland Park. There are many historic homes in the neighborhood, and at its boundaries is Lafayette Park, with tennis court, basketball courts, and softball and soccer fields.
Park Place is also home to "Green Housing", the net-zero project designed to build sustainable living housing (i.e., housing that does not use energy from outside sources). Students from Hampton University are part of a team competing in the 2011 Solar Decathlon that is building a six-unit solar-powered residential building in Park Place.[2] Additionally, Green Build It constructed one of Hampton Roads' only LEED certified residences in Park Place.
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