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United States historic place
Old Norfolk City Hall
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
Old Norfolk City Hall & Courthouse, HABS Photo, August 1981
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Location235 E. Plume St.,
Norfolk, Virginia
Coordinates36°50′48″N 76°17′25″W / 36.8467°N 76.2903°W / 36.8467; -76.2903
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built1898 (1898)–1900
ArchitectWyatt & Nolting
Architectural styleNeo-Palladian Revival
NRHP reference No.81000674
VLR No.122-0082
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 29, 1981
Designated VLRJuly 21, 1981

Old Norfolk City Hall, also known as the Seaboard Building and U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, is a historic city hall located at Norfolk, Virginia. It was built in 1898–1900, and is a three-story faced with rusticated stone and yellow brick in a Neo-Palladian Revival style. It features a central pedimented engaged portico with Corinthian order pilasters that contains the main entrance. The building housed a post office and Federal courts until they moved to the Walter E. Hoffman United States Courthouse about 1935. Title to the building was transferred from the U.S. government to the city of Norfolk in 1937, when it was converted into a city hall.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. In 2009, it became Norfolk's main library. In 2014, the library was expanded to become the Slover Branch/Downtown Norfolk Public Library; the expansion included construction of a new atrium connecting the former city hall with the neighboring Selden Arcade. The library is named in honor of Samuel L. Slover, former mayor of Norfolk.

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (July 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Old Norfolk City Hall" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
  4. Messina, Debbie (March 12, 2009). "Norfolk library's new home is the main attraction". The Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
  5. "Slover Library". Architect Magazine. December 11, 2014. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
  6. "History of Slover". Slover Library. Retrieved January 25, 2018.

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