Norfolk, Virginia’s “Great Annexation”: A History-Geography (Book 14, Encyclopedia of Norfolk) (394 pp.)

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Norfolk, Virginia’s “Great Annexation”: A History-Geography (Book 14, Encyclopedia of Norfolk, Virginia, History-Geography) covers in exhaustive detail the history-geography of all the lands within Norfolk’s Great Annexation of 1923 – which tripled the size of Norfolk, taking in more than half of what remained of Tanner’s Creek Magisterial District (the designation given to the part of Norfolk County north of the Eastern Branch of the Elizabeth River). The vast territory of the Annexation covered an approximately mile-wide swath running from the area known as Campostella (located east of Berkley), northward along the western side of Virginian Railroad tracks towards the area of today’s Roland Park, Suburban Acres, and other subdivisions, where it extends northwestward to take in nearly all the lands north of the Lafayette River (as well as the sections known primarily as Edgewater and Larchmont on the southern side of the Lafayette). (Also in the northwestern section are the lands of the Naval Base and what was once the Army Base, both lands covered in this book.) The northernmost areas extend along the Elizabeth River, Hampton Roads, Willoughby Bay, and the Chesapeake Bay and include West Ocean View all the way to what was the Princess Anne County line.

The following neighborhoods are in the area that this Annexation included – all areas covered in Norfolk’s “Great Annexation” and all described through centuries of contemporary historic maps, photographs, articles, deeds, advertisements, books and other documents:

Albemarle, Alfalfa Farms, Algonquin Park, Atlantic Park, Baecher Point, Ballentine Place, Bay View Beach, Bay View Beach, Bay View Forest, Bay View Manor, Bay View Park / Bayview Park, Bell Farms, Belmont Place, Belvedere, Benmoreell, Blairgowrie, Bolling Square, Bollingbrook, Bondale, Bonthorpe Farm, Boulevard Homes, Boulevard Park, Boulevard Terrace, Boush’s Bluff, Bowling Green (earlier Bowling Park), Breezy Point, Broad Creek Village, Broaddus Manor, Bruce Park, Campostella, Campostella Heights, Cape View Colony, Carney Park, Chelsea, Chesterfield Heights, Collins Terrace, Colony Point, Conway Heights, Conway Place, Cottage Heights, Cottage Line, Cottage Park, Cottage Place, Cromwell Farm, Daniels Gardens, Diggs Park (Diggs Town), Douglas Park, East Campostella, East Ocean View, Edgemere, Edgewater, Edgewater Haven, Edgewater Terrace, Ellsworth, Euwanee Park, Fairmount Manor, Fairmount Park, Fairwater, Glen Echo Shores, Glencove Links/Glencove Estates, Glenhaven, Glenview, Glenwood Park, Gowrie Park, Granby Park, Granby Shores, Grandy Village (earlier Grandy Park), Gray Manor, Halstead Park, Hampton Court, Hampton Court, Hampton Gardens, Hariton Gardens, Haynes Tract, Holland Park, Holly Point, Hyde Park Homes, Kenilworth, Kenilworth, Kent Park, Lafayette Annex, Lafayette Residence Park, Lafayette Shores, Lafayette Terrace, Lakewood (originally to be called Lakehurst), Larchmont, Lebanon, Lenox, Lewis Park, Liberty Park, Little Bay, Loch Haven / Lochaven / Lochhaven, Logan Park, Marshall Manor, Mason Manor, Meadowbrook, Meadowbrook Gardens, Merridale, Merrimack Landing (earlier Merrimack Park), Middle Town Arch, Monkey Bottom, Morningside, Moton Park (later Moton Circle), Naval Base, Naval Terrace, Newport Homes, Newton Park, North Edgewater, North Larchmont, North Meadowbrook, North Shore Gardens, North Shore Park, North Shore Point, Oak Grove Point, Oakdale Homes, Oaklawn, Oakleaf Gardens, Oakleaf Park, Ocean View, Ocean View Residence Park, Oceanair, Pamlico, Pamlico Villa, Pinehurst/Academy Terrace, Pinewell, Point Willow / Willow Point, Pomfret, Restmere, Riverfront, Riverpoint, Riverside, Riverside Terrace, Roberts Park East, Roberts Village (earlier Roberts Park), Roland Park, Rose Gardens, Sandy Point, Sarah Constant Beach, Sewell Park, Sewell Park, Sewell’s Point, South Edgewater, Stone Bridge Crossing, Stratford Court, Studeley Place, Suburban Acres, Suburban Park, Sunshine Homes, Sussex At Norfolk, Talbot Hall, Talbot Park, Tatemsville, The Cedars, The Pines, the Quarantine House, Titustown, Virginia Estates, Virginia Gardens, Walbrook, Washington Heights, Waterlawn, Wellington Homes, West Belvedere, West Fairmount Park, West Larchmont, Westchester, Westmere Estates, Westminster Homes, Westmont / Commodore Park, Wexford Terrace, Willard Park, Willoughby Beach, Willoughby Spit, Willow Terrace, Windsor Point (originally Philpotts Point), Winona.

These include areas once known as Baum’s Retreat, Tatemsville, The Cottage/Sycamore Cottage/Cottage Farm, Glenair, the Parish Land, Stephens Point, Guy’s Woods, Simmons Farm, Norfolk-On-The-Roads, Pine Beach, Vue d’Leau, White City, Jamestown Exposition, Glen Conway, Seven Oaks, Thelaball’s Creek, Willoughby Point, Taylor Farm, Darby’s Creek, Willoughby Military Reservation, and so on. (more)


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The Every Square Inch of Norfolk Virginia Series

The Every Square Inch of Norfolk Virginia project, which has created The Encyclopedia of Norfolk, Virginia History-Geography, begun in 2003 under the direction of Irwin Berent, is designed to document the geographical history of the entire length and breadth of Norfolk, Virginia, one of America’s most historic cities. The culmination of this ambitious and daunting task is The Encyclopedia of Norfolk, Virginia History-Geography, the “Every Square Inch of Norfolk Virginia Series.”

Each book of the “Every Square Inch of Norfolk Virginia Series” covers a different aspect of the history, infrastructure, and people of Norfolk by examining in minute detail the geography of the entirety of the city, as defined by its current bounds. Adopting a philosophy of “historical-geographic egalitarianism,” this series covers not, as most histories of Norfolk have, merely the land that formed the original town and borough – essentially the “downtown” area – but rather also all the land that encompasses the full city limits of the current day: spanning, therefore, from Berkley, Atlantic City, Ghent, Lambert’s Point, and Larchmont to Algonquin Park, Titus Town, Riverview, Benmorreel, Glenwood Park, Sewells Point, the Naval Base, and Mason Creek; from Campostella, Huntersville, Villa Heights, Park Place, and Colonial Place to Cromwell Farm, Ward’s Corner, Monticello Village, and Willoughby Bay; from Brambleton, Roberts Park, Lindenwood, Lafayette Terrace, Winona, and Roland Park to Suburban Park, Monticello Village, Oakwood Park, Lenox, and Ocean View; from Riverside Park, Ingleside, Bowling Park, Ballentine Place, Norview, and Coronado to Chesapeake Manor, Oakwood Park, Forest Park, and Bayview Beach; from River Forest Shores, Easton Place, Fairlawn, and Admiralty Acres to Camden Heights, Camelia Acres, and Little Creek. And those are just a few of the more than 1,000 different subdivisions and geographic landmarks (and farms and plantations that preceded them) that this series covers and that make up the land – the entire land – of Norfolk.

Unlike any other treatment attempted for Norfolk (indeed, perhaps for any other city in the entire U.S.), the “Every Square Inch of Norfolk Virginia Series” covers all the major topics critical to understanding the complete breadth and depth of the geography of the city. Each of the hefty eighteen books in the series uses actual historical examples, both in words and pictures, to illustrate in minute detail one or more of those key defining topics. Each book, therefore, can separately stand alone, as each offers a rich view of some key parts of the city’s history and geography. And taken together, the series offers an extraordinarily comprehensive panorama of that history and geography.