Framework for the Future 2030

Downtown Resources

In 1989, a Virginia Department of Historic Resources survey found that after evaluating 298 structures within the study area, 25 structures and one historic district are the most significant architectural resources in downtown Newport news.

The Hotel Warwick is on the National Register.  The First Baptist Church was declared eligible for the National Register on December 9, 1986.  However, a National Register nomination was never prepared for the church.

Draft National Register nominations have been prepared for both the Newport News Post Office/Custom House and for the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company.  The National Register process was never completed for either.  A list of the structures recommended for National Register eligibility in Table 9-1 are worthy of consideration for local landmark status, if not the National Register.

Other structures may be worthy of local landmark status and should be preserved for adaptive reuse.  The following may be appropriate to consider: the Victory Avenue Arch, The Greek Orthodox Church and the train station at the foot of 23rd Street.

 

The proposed Casino Park Historic District, would be bounded generally by West Avenue, the James River, from the southern half of 33rd Street to the northern half of 31st Street and the middle of the block between 24th and 25th Street.  The study recommended this area for the National Register as a historic district because it retains a great deal of architectural integrity, has been continuously occupied and has been treated with greater sensitivity than other parts of the Downtown.