Norfolk City Hall, also known as the MacArthur Memorial, is a historic
city hall located at
Norfolk, Virginia. It was built in 1847, and is a two-story,
stuccoed and granite faced, temple-form building measuring 80 feet by 60 feet. It features a front
portico supported by six massive
Tuscan order
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columns, and a gable roof topped by a
cupola
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The word derives, via Italian, fro ...
. The building housed city offices until 1918, and courtrooms until 1960.
In 1961, the entire building interior was gutted to house the museum and tomb of General
Douglas MacArthur and his wife.
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''Accompanying photo''
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The MacArthur Memorial is a memorial, museum, and research center about the life of General Douglas MacArthur. It consists of three buildings on MacArthur Square in Norfolk, Virginia.
* Memorial – located in the former Norfolk City Hall
Norf ...
also includes a visitor center building and a research center.
Norfolk City Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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in 1972.
See also
* List of mayors of Norfolk, Virginia
Norfolk ( ) is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. Incorporated in 1705, it had a population of 238,005 at the 2020 census, making it the third-most populous city in Virginia after neighboring Virginia Be ...
References
External links
Norfolk City Hall & Courthouse, 421 East City Hall Avenue, Norfolk, Norfolk, VA
1 photo, 25 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey
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MacArthur Memorial official website
Historic American Buildings Survey in Virginia
City and town halls on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
Government buildings completed in 1847
Buildings and structures in Norfolk, Virginia
National Register of Historic Places in Norfolk, Virginia
1847 establishments in Virginia
Douglas MacArthur
Downtown Norfolk, Virginia
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