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Lee Hall, Virginia

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in 1923, and became U.S. 60 in the mid-1920s when it was routed through Grove. A large ceremony hosted by Warwick County treasurer and civic leader Simon Curtis was held at the Lee Hall Depot in 1924 to celebrate the completion of first hard-surfaced roadway (concrete) between Newport News and
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establishment in an 1896 house, is open and available for overnight visitors and some meals. The city's tourism agency operates several other attractions at Lee Hall Mansion and Endview Plantation, as well as nearby civil war historical sites.
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Although Warwick County became a city in 1952 and then was consolidated with Newport News in 1958, in the half century since, the Lee Hall area has retained a rural atmosphere, partially due to the proximity of the expansive
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The 26th Balloon Company of the US Army Air Corps had a training school at Lee Hall at least during the summer of 1920 training soldiers for deployment to central and South America service.
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railroad tracks in 2009, and reopened as a museum in 2021. The adjacent historic area as has been restored and developed as Lee Hall Village. Across the street from the Depot, the
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Two-laned U.S. 60 continues to form the main thoroughfare through the largely residential and neighborhood business section of Grove and Lee Hall, paralleling four-laned
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With the coming of the automobile as a common form of travel in the early 20th century, attention was directed to improving roads. As part of the
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WATA operates the Grey Line into Lee Hall hourly, with 30 minute service during peak weekday hours.
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to reach Lee Hall. This routing was chosen rather than following a competing route via
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Lee Hall Depot became a very busy railroad station after the establishment nearby of
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HRT operates Route 108 and Route 116 between Patrick Henry Mall and Warwick Blvd (
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on temporary tracks which were laid from Lee Hall Depot. The
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is a community located in the extreme northern portion of the
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Newport News Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism
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Earlier, the east–west road which became U.S. 60 was
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Index

Neighborhood
Lee Hall in December 2007
Location in the State of Virginia
Virginia
Country
United States
State
Virginia
independent city
Newport News
Commonwealth of Virginia
United States
Warwick County
Lee Hall Mansion
Richard Decatur Lee
Robert E. Lee
Confederate
Joseph E. Johnston
John B. Magruder
Peninsula Campaign
American Civil War
Endview Plantation
Revolutionary War
War of 1812
Lee Hall Depot
railroad station
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Warwick County
coal
Hampton Roads

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