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Downtown Portsmouth Historic District

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of the 20th century. Notable buildings include the Captain Baird House, Vermillion Manor (1840), City Hall Building (1878), former United States Post Office (1907-1908), First Presbyterian Church (1877), First United Methodist Churches (1882), St. James Episcopal Church, Ebenezer Baptist Church, YMCA building, Tidewater Building, Southern Aid Building, Colony Theater, Lyric Theater, Blumberg's Department Store, Mutual Drug Company (1946), the New Kirn Building, and the Professional Building. Separately listed are the
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of Portsmouth. The district encompasses the original 1752 plan of the Town of Portsmouth and includes portions of expansions of the original boundaries dating to 1763 and 1909. It includes a variety of commercial, government, and institutional buildings, with most dating to the years around the turn
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property in Portsmouth, Virginia on the National Register of Historic Places
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Roughly bounded by I-264, Middle St., Primrose St. and Queen St.,
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National Register of Historic Places in Portsmouth, Virginia
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Late Victorian, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Virginia Landmarks Register

Downtown Portsmouth Historic District is located in Virginia
Downtown Portsmouth Historic District is located in the United States
Portsmouth, Virginia
36°50′09″N 76°18′19″W / 36.83583°N 76.30528°W / 36.83583; -76.30528
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historic district
Portsmouth, Virginia
central business district
Commodore Theatre
Portsmouth Courthouse
Pythian Castle
St. Paul's Catholic Church
Trinity Episcopal Church
National Register of Historic Places


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