Quarters A, B, and C, Norfolk Naval Shipyard

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Quarters A, B, and C, Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Quarters A, B, and C, Norfolk Naval Shipyard is located in Virginia
Quarters A, B, and C, Norfolk Naval Shipyard
LocationNorfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1837 (1837)
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.74002242[1]
VLR No.124-0016
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 19, 1974
Designated VLRNovember 19, 1974[2]

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.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (November 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Quarters A, B, and C, Norfolk Naval Shipyard" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo