Norfolk City Hall
United States historic place
Norfolk City Hall | |
Virginia Landmarks Register | |
 Norfolk City Hall & Courthouse, HABS Photo, August 1981 | |
36°50′50″N 76°17′21″W / 36.84722°N 76.28917°W / 36.84722; -76.28917 | |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
|---|---|
| Built | 1847 (1847) |
| Architect | Singleton, William R. |
| NRHP reference No. | 72001511[1] |
| VLR No. | 122-0019 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | March 16, 1972 |
| Designated VLR | November 16, 1971[2] |
Norfolk City Hall, also known as the MacArthur Memorial, is a historic city hall located at Norfolk, Virginia. It was built in 1847, and is a two-story, stuccoed and granite faced, temple-form building measuring 80 feet (24 m) by 60 feet (18 m). It features a front portico supported by six massive Tuscan order columns, and a gable roof topped by a cupola. The building housed city offices until 1918, and courtrooms until 1960.
In 1961, the entire building interior was gutted to house the museum and tomb of General Douglas MacArthur and his wife.[3] The MacArthur Memorial also includes a visitor center building and a research center.
Norfolk City Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (August 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Norfolk City Hall" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
External links
- Norfolk City Hall & Courthouse, 421 East City Hall Avenue, Norfolk, Norfolk, VA: 1 photo, 25 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey
- MacArthur Memorial official website
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Douglas MacArthur
- Service summary
- Escape from the Philippines
- Wake Island Conference
- Relief
- Louise Cromwell Brooks (first wife)
- Jean MacArthur (second wife)
- Arthur MacArthur IV (son)
- Isabel Rosario Cooper (mistress)
- Arthur MacArthur Jr. (father)
- Arthur MacArthur Sr. (grandfather)
- Arthur MacArthur III (brother)
- Douglas MacArthur II (nephew)
- MacArthur Memorial
- MacArthur Landing Memorial National Park
- MacArthur Park
- Appointment in Tokyo (1945 documentary)
- MacArthur (1977 film)
- American Caesar (biography)
- Inchon (1981 film)
- MacArthur (1999 television documentary)
- Emperor (2012 film)
- Operation Chromite (2016 film)
- Namesakes
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