Colonial Place

Colonial Place
Location Roughly bounded by the Lafayette R., Knitting Mill Creek, East Haven Creek and 38th St., Norfolk, Virginia
Coordinates 36°53′05″N 76°17′20″W / 36.88472°N 76.28889°WCoordinates: 36°53′05″N 76°17′20″W / 36.88472°N 76.28889°W
Area 202 acres (82 ha)
Built 1903
Architect Dillard, George; et al.
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference # 02000532[1]
VLR # 122-0825
Significant dates
Added to NRHP May 22, 2002
Designated VLR June 13, 2001[2]

Colonial Place is a residential neighborhood in Norfolk, Virginia. It is a peninsula bordered by 38th Street on the south, and surrounded on three sides by the Lafayette River. It is a relatively racially mixed area that includes mostly single family homes and a few apartment buildings. Many large homes front the water and Mayflower Road arches around the shore of the river.

The Colonial Place Historic District is a national historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1] It encompasses 1,090 contributing buildings and 4 contributing sites in a primarily residential section of Norfolk. It is a middle-class and upper middle-class residential neighborhood that largely developed during the period 1903-1941. The neighborhood includes notable examples of the Queen Anne and Colonial Revival styles. Notable buildings include the Richard W. Peatross House (1908), Taylor House (1908) and Stuart Elementary School.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. Laura V. Trieschmann and Jennifer J. Bunting (October 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Colonial Place Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo and Accompanying map