Built 1918 (1918) VLR # 124-0037 Area 126 ha | NRHP Reference # 74002240 Opened 1918 Added to NRHP 20 June 1974 | |
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Location Bounded by Paradise Creek, Victory Blvd., and George Washington Hwy., Portsmouth, Virginia Architect Post,George B.,& Sons; Multiple Architectural style Colonial Revival, Bungalow/craftsman | ||
Cradock Historic District is a national historic district located at Portsmouth, Virginia. It encompasses 759 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure in a primarily residential section of Portsmouth. It was developed starting in 1918, as a planned community of Colonial Revival and Bungalow style single family residences. It was developed by the United States Housing Corporation as a result of the rapid influx of workers at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard during World War I.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
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