Norfolk City Hall

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Norfolk City Hall
Norfolk City Hall & Courthouse, 421 East City Hall Avenue, (Norfolk city, Virginia).jpg
Norfolk City Hall & Courthouse, HABS Photo, August 1981
Norfolk City Hall is located in Virginia
Norfolk City Hall
Location 421 E. City Hall Ave., Norfolk, Virginia
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Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1847 (1847)
Architect Singleton, William R.
NRHP Reference # 72001511[1]
VLR # 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 by 60 feet. 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.[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]

References

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