Architectural style Colonial Revival VLR # 124-0047 Area 17 ha Added to NRHP 16 September 1982 | NRHP Reference # 82004581 Designated VLR April 15, 1980 Year built 1918 | |
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Location Portsmouth and Deep Creek Blvds., Manly, Dahlin, Hobson, Dewey and Bagley Sts., Portsmouth, Virginia Architect U.S. Housing Corporation; Multiple | ||
Truxtun Historic District is a national historic district located at Portsmouth, Virginia. It encompasses 241 contributing buildings in a primarily residential section of Portsmouth. It was developed between 1918 and 1920 as a planned community of Colonial Revival 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 the first wartime government housing project constructed exclusively for African-American residents in the United States.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
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