~ /. DESCRIPTION L . - . .. ... - _-..-----I-. - .. I I-.. - (Cf,erk O,,c) 1.1 Excellen< Good [ j Fuir (2 Detcrioinfrd Lj Ruins Ll Ur~srpvrcd ~ .- - CONDii,ON ~ - (Cl,?~k0nl.J (Chuck CInrJ Ks Altered L-.] UnaIte~ed Xn ~o~ed ~ ~ .---- - - ~ ~ ~ ~~~ I DESCRIBE TIIEI PRFIENr AND OPiGINAL (if known) I'HYSICnL APPEARANCE The Jamcstown Exposition buildings are located between Sewells Point and Willoughby Bay, overlr~oki-ngHamptoil Iloads. The Exposition's site was selected because it was then equidistant from Norfolk, Portsmouth, Newport News, and Ilampton, but since that time, it has been incorporated into the city of Norfolk. The U. S. Navy acquired the buildings and surrounding land in 1917 and the entire area is now included in the U. S. Naval Base. As originally laid out, the Exposition grounds included twenty-one state buildings arranged in two equal-size rows separated by five blocks oE grounds. Both rows faced north out over Hampton Roads. Located between the two groups and set back three blocks were the History Building, the Audito- rium and its two detached wings. The Auditorium burned in 1941 and'was replaced by Building N-26, Headquarters of the Fifth Naval District. The wings were not damaged and are now Administration Buildings N-21 and N-23. Cn Of the surviving state buildings, the following remain on their original rn sites: Georgia, Naryland, PIissouri, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, rn Virginia, and West Virginia, as well as the Baker's Chocolate Company House. The state buildings that burned or were destroyed since the Exposition are - those o:f Kentucky (a replica of "Boone's Fort"), Louisiana (a Southern style plantation house), Massachusetts (a replica of the Old State House, Boston), New Jersey (a Georgian Revival mansion), and New YorIc (a large Neo-Classical -4 building with porticos and shallow central dome). The remaining state buildings of the eastern group were moved to the western complex in 1934 ;O when the Naval Base required land for new construction. The Delaxuare, Con- C necticut, New Hampshire, i\Iichigan, North Carolina, Rhode Island, and Vermont n buildings are now aligned along what is now Dillingha~nBoulevard with the -4 western group. The Illinois Building was relocated next to the North nalcota - Building on Powhatan Avenue, facing south. 0 All of thc rnnaining buildings have becn added to or modified over the years some morc than others; but most retain their basic architectural integrity. They all are excellently maintained in a handsome residential atmosphere with spacious yards tastefully lands~aprdwith trees and shrubbery. All arc now used as officers' residences except for the Pennsylvania Building which is now the Naval Base Officers' Club. 1 The following arc brief descriptions of each of the remaining original Espo- buildings: I Connecticut -Buiu: Erame, three bays with one-bay wings, 2'5 stories with shed dormers, two-story porticos on wings (since encloserl); modeled after th Tallmadgc 130~1s~in LitchfieLd, Cor~necticut;moved. 2': t DC.la:#are i;uild.ing: frarrie, five bays, stories, gable roof with dormers, one-story front porch; an examplc of a "Colonial llon~esteod"; ~noved. Ccorg ia Buildins: irane, thrc~,bays, two stories , ~1.111pleiorm iui th pro- jecting tetr?~styl.cRoman Doric portico; modclcd after tlie i:osruell, 'Gc?orsia birtl~placeoT blarll~c~l3ullu~11, mother of 'CI~coilore I<ooscvclt. (see continuation sheet 112) ~ ~-~ - ~ -. ~~.. .. --~~. ~~ - . ..~ ,. 2. !,iGbIIFICANCE .___..__.._I__ Orlc or ,Viorr n:i Alipruprinlr! C1 ~~~-C~l~~~bi~~!171 I6vh C.3,turv j I 18th gk2Oth Ccnforr [:I [:I 15th Century 1.1 11th Cuntury '1 I7:h Corlfury _ -_ SPEC) FIC DATE151 (I1 A~prlicahle~-llnd Knoirn, ---- -- ai25as oi si~rr$ilcnricc(Chsck One or .More sr ApproprinteJ Aboriginal 111 Educatim 1.3 F~litic~l C1 Urbm Planning L1 Prehi=toric C1 Engirlc~~ilp [_? Religion/Phi. ok-. (sP~c~I,.~ LX H~S~O~~C 0 Iljdo.try lorophy History 0 Ayriculrura Invention El Scirnce Xjl ~~chitect~re L1 Landscope Sculpture C1 Art Archi!ccfurs Soc~ol/Humon- 0 Commerce a Llteralure itorion U Communicalionr [,) Militor, 0 Thcoter - 0 CO~.~,V.~~O~ ~1MUS~Z n ~~~~~~~~t~:i~~- OF 51CNIFiC&NCE The ninctecn remaining buildings of the 1907 Jamestown Exposition iolm a rare surviving collection of Edwardian exposition pavilions. The. varied architectural modes of the structures are an excellent document reflecting vl the price and taste of those states participating in the Exposition. The z complex also is a significant early example of historic preservation by 0 the united States Navy which imaginatively adapted the buildings for - officers' residences. At the instigation of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Anti-quities and the Tidewater Commercial League, the General Assenbly of Virginia passed a bill in 1901 authorizing the Governor to proclaim that the tercentennial of the landing at Jamestown would be celebrated in 1907, This bill also invited various cities and sections of Virginia to show how and in what manner they proposed to hold this celebrati.on. Norfolk's citizens prevailed upon the City Council to appoint a co~mittee from its members for the purpose of securing the event for the city. This was expanded into a much larger committee which convinced other interested Tidewater cities that only by the selection of one of its own number and with thz support of all would the Tidcwater area secure the celebration, It also convinced these cities that Norfolk, because of its location, was the logical c!loicc. A bil.1 was presented to and eventually passed by the General Assembly granting a charter to the Jaqestown Exposition Company, which was to hold its exposition at a site adjacent to Hampton Roads in 1907. Among othcr items, thi. bill stated that this charter would be void unless the James- town Exposition Company had assets of one million dollars by January 1, 1904. This bill was signcd by tile Governor in March of 1902, giving the company almost two years in 1:hich to meet the requirements of the charter. Directors were choscn and General Fitzhugh Lee was elccted president. Thc site (approximately 340 acres) chosen for the Expositioii viis cquidis- tant froin XorColk, Portsrno~ii-11,Newport New:; 211J ltaiilpton. Instead of I bc,ginning at oncc to sell stock, the comp:i:ly wai.tc~1tlnhil thc State Legis- lntur-e appropriated $200,090 in April, 1'103. With the exception OF the! stock subscribed to by the Directors, no ri3.11 efforts wcrc made to sec(Lrc tllc: money ri,qtiired tl~ofollo!.!i.~~:; January unti.1. six rnontl~s prior to the- time. On Ncw Yiiar 's Jkc, iii t11 1t:ss tl1a11 I.w~,nty--fo~~rI~our-s to go, there r.7ils still. ut~s~~l~i;~-t-i.bcdstocl;. 1:inally :111cl tlrr~:i~;~ticr~lly,just hetore laid- (see continuation shCxct 1/41 - - . ~ .~ ---- REFERENCES f 9. MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL -I Acquisition Records --Real Estate Division--Atlantic Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Norfolk, Va. Dickinson, Nancy C. (ed.) Postscripts--Jarnestown Exposition of 1907. Norfol Commandant Fifth Naval Station Library, 1957. (Revised 1965). Material in Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission archives compiled by Robert C. Beam, Natural Resources Staff Assistant, Atlantic Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Norfolk, Va. DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING T STATE: -CODE COUNTV: '2 -CODE STATE: CODE COUNTY: COD. L Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff n ORChNIZATION DATE -I Virginia Historic Landmarks Conrmission January 1975 - STREET AND NUMBER: 7 0 As the desig~tedState Lisis,m Officer for the Na- I hereby certify that this property b inclvded in the tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89665). I hereby nominate this property for inclusion Notional Register. in the National Register end certify that it has been evaluated accordinq to the c-iteria and procedurrs set forth by the National Park Servme. The recommended lever of significance of this nomination is: " National State DfX Local Dste ATTEST: I Title Keeper of The Natimsl Rsgrstsr FEZ 1S 1975 Date bate GPO 931.8s Form 10.300. UNITE0 STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (Jvly 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES . INVENTORY - HOMINATION FORM ENSRINVMBER DATE (Continuation Sheet) i/l I (Numbor ell sntrlos) 2. LOCATION I On U. S. Naval Station; located on south side of Dillingham Boulevard: I Between Bacon Street and Dale Street: Delaware Building West Virginia Building Georgia Building Ohio Building Missouri Building Between Dale Street and Farragut Avenue: Maryland Building Vixginia Building Pennsylvania Building Between Farragut Avenue and Moffett Avenue: North ~arolina/RhodeIsland Building Connecticut Building Nerv Hampshire Building Michigan Building Vermont Building Located on north side of powhatan Street between Dale Street and Farragut Avenue: I North Dakota Building Illinois Building Baker's Chocolate Company House Located on south side of Pocahontas Street between Farra::ut Avenue and Eainbridge Avenue: History Building Auditorium Wing (Building N-23) Auditorium Wing (Building N-21) Form 10.300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE (July1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY NOMINATION FORM - FOR NPS UINLY ENTRY NUUBFR DATE (Continuation Sheet) 112 (Number .I1 n",,Jss) 7. DESCRIPTION Illinois Building: brick, seven bays, two stories, hipped roof with central pedimented pavilion, Ionic pilasters on pavilion and building corners; Geor- gian revival; moved. Maryland Building: brick, seven bays with one-story wings, 1%stories, hipped roof with rounded dormers, pedimented tetrastyle Roman Doric portico; replica of flomewood, Baltimore, Maryland. Michiean Building: frame, two bays, two stories, hipped roof with central dormer, one-story front porch; typical Michigan house of period; moved. I Missouri Kuilding: brick, five bays, two stories, gable roof, pedimented tetrastyle Roman Doric portico; Georgian Revival mansion.