Old Norfolk City Hall, also known as the Seaboard Building and U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, is a historic city hall located at Norfolk, Virginia. It was built in 1898–1900, and is a three-story faced with rusticated stone and yellow brick in a Neo-Palladian Revival style. It features a central pedimented engaged portico with Corinthian order pilasters that contains the main entrance. The building housed a post office and Federal courts until they moved to the Walter E. Hoffman United States Courthouse about 1935. Title to the building was transferred from the U.S. government to the city of Norfolk in 1937, when it was converted into a city hall.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.[1] In 2009, it became Norfolk's main library.[4] In 2014, the library was expanded to become the Slover Branch/Downtown Norfolk Public Library; the expansion included construction of a new atrium connecting the former city hall with the neighboring Selden Arcade.[5] The library is named in honor of Samuel L. Slover, former mayor of Norfolk.[6]
^"Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
^Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (July 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Old Norfolk City Hall" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
^Messina, Debbie (March 12, 2009). "Norfolk library's new home is the main attraction". The Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
^"Slover Library". Architect Magazine. December 11, 2014. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
^"History of Slover". Slover Library. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
External linksedit
Official website of current use - Slover Branch/Downtown Norfolk Public Library
U.S. Post Office & Federal Courts Building, 235 East Plume Street, Norfolk, Norfolk, VA: 3 photo, 19 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey
norfolk, city, hall, also, known, seaboard, building, post, office, courthouse, historic, city, hall, located, norfolk, virginia, built, 1898, 1900, three, story, faced, with, rusticated, stone, yellow, brick, palladian, revival, style, features, central, pedi. Old Norfolk City Hall also known as the Seaboard Building and U S Post Office and Courthouse is a historic city hall located at Norfolk Virginia It was built in 1898 1900 and is a three story faced with rusticated stone and yellow brick in a Neo Palladian Revival style It features a central pedimented engaged portico with Corinthian order pilasters that contains the main entrance The building housed a post office and Federal courts until they moved to the Walter E Hoffman United States Courthouse about 1935 Title to the building was transferred from the U S government to the city of Norfolk in 1937 when it was converted into a city hall 3 Old Norfolk City HallU S National Register of Historic PlacesVirginia Landmarks RegisterOld Norfolk City Hall amp Courthouse HABS Photo August 1981Show map of VirginiaShow map of the United StatesLocation235 E Plume St Norfolk VirginiaCoordinates36 50 48 N 76 17 25 W 36 8467 N 76 2903 W 36 8467 76 2903Area0 5 acres 0 20 ha Built1898 1898 1900ArchitectWyatt amp NoltingArchitectural styleNeo Palladian RevivalNRHP reference No 81000674 1 VLR No 122 0082Significant datesAdded to NRHPOctober 29 1981Designated VLRJuly 21 1981 2 It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981 1 In 2009 it became Norfolk s main library 4 In 2014 the library was expanded to become the Slover Branch Downtown Norfolk Public Library the expansion included construction of a new atrium connecting the former city hall with the neighboring Selden Arcade 5 The library is named in honor of Samuel L Slover former mayor of Norfolk 6 References edit 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 July 1981 National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Old Norfolk City Hall PDF Virginia Department of Historic Resources and Accompanying photo Messina Debbie March 12 2009 Norfolk library s new home is the main attraction The Virginian Pilot Retrieved January 25 2018 Slover Library Architect Magazine December 11 2014 Retrieved January 25 2018 History of Slover Slover Library Retrieved January 25 2018 External links editOfficial website of current use Slover Branch Downtown Norfolk Public Library U S Post Office amp Federal Courts Building 235 East Plume Street Norfolk Norfolk VA 3 photo 19 data pages and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey This article about a property in Norfolk Virginia on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Old Norfolk City Hall amp oldid 1015528890, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
