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Fun with Local History
The History of the Old Dominion Land Company and
the City of Newport News, Virginia
Old Dominion Land Company Records
• 1979 John Marshall Dozier, Jr. donated the Old Dominion Land Company to the City of Newport News, Virginia
• 1981 The documents were organized and cleaned with a grant by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission
• 65 Boxes of documents measured at 47 linear feet and 775 Maps and Blueprints
Equipment Used for Old Dominion Land Company
Projects
• Epson Expression 10000XL Scanner
• Northeast Document Conservation Center Digitally Imaged 300 maps
• Online Digital Library Produced and Managed on CONTENTdm
Presidents of the Old Dominion Land Company
• Collis P. Huntington• Calvin B. Orcutt• Walter A. Post• Walter B. Livezey• John Marshall Dozier
Collis P. Huntington1821-1900
Charter for the Old Dominion Land Company (Handwritten)October 15, 1880
Old Dominion Land Company Charter Application-Typed
October 15, 1880
Old Dominion Land Company Charter ApplicationPage 2
Old Dominion Land Company Charter History
First Board of Directors and Officers
Old Dominion Land CompanySecond Superintendent
McLean MapApril 24, 1881
Documentation of Farm Land Purchased for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
July 1, 1882
Hotel Warwick April 11, 1883
Hotel WarwickDining Room
Hotel Warwick DimensionsPage 1
Hotel Warwick DimensionsPage 2
Notation of Sale of Land and Stock to Collis P. Huntington for the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
October 21, 1897
Land Price Comparison 1885 and 1900
Petition Against the Incorporation of Newport News as a City
The Peninsula in 1896
Old Dominion Pier or Pier ABuilt between 1900 and 1909
(Best Guess)
Newport News Light and Water Company Letter
February 13, 1917
Property Acquired for the U.S. Government During
World War I1917-1919
World War I Properties, cont.
Letter from Homer L. Ferguson to the Old Dominion Land Company, March 3, 1919
Donation of land for a Public Library1926
All Water Company Property Sold to City of Newport News, June 30, 1926 for $2.365 Million Dollars. (89
Page Deed)
Huntington Heights DevelopmentJuly 30, 1926
Huntington Heights Second Addition
Old Dominion Land Company’s Last Land Transaction in Records
August 9, 1948
The End of the Old Dominion Land Company
• The Old Dominion Land Company sold most of it’s last income producing properties by the end of 1939
• The Old Dominion Land Company ceased all operations by the end of 1948
Newport News History Online
• Virginiana Room Page on the Newport News Public Library System Web Site http://www.nngov.com/library/resources/varoom
• Old Dominion Land Company Map Collection online http://cdm15904.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/
• Old Dominion Land Company and the Development of the City of Newport News, Virginia (Online Exhibit) http://cdm15904.contentdm.oclc.org/ui/custom/default/collection/default/resources/custompages/odlcexhibit/index/index.html
Presented By
Gregg GrunowLibrarian
Martha Woodroof Hiden Memorial Collection
Virginiana RoomNewport News Public Library System