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nor folk,'^ West Freemason S t r e e t Area i s a neighborhood of some four- teen blocks o f e igh teen th , n ine teen th , and twent ie th century s t r u c t u r e s , loca ted on t h e western edge of t h e c e n t e r c i t y . The a r e a i s s e t o f f from the downtown proper by gene ra l ly well-defined boundaries. To the west of the a r e a i s t h e E l i zabe th River , and on the no r th i s Brambleton Avenue, a wide, d iv ided thoroughfare. Forming t h e a r e a ' s e a s t e r n boundary is Boush S t r e e t , a busy downtown s t r e e t . An a r e a of l a r g e parking l o t 9 and ware- houses a c t s a s a u b f f e r zone a g a i n s t the commercial d i s t r i c t t o t h e south. The West Freemason S t r e e t Area i s p r imar i ly r e s i d e n t i a l , a l though por t ions of the easternmost blocks have had a number of t h e i r townhouses converted i n t o commercial es tab l i shments . The cond i t ion o f . t h e a r e a ' s s t r u c t u r e s range from e x c e l l e n t l y maintained t o poorly maintained and abandoned. Pihe s t r u c t u r e s i n t h e poores t condi t ion gene ra l ly a r e those f ac ing Brambleton Avenue, and those i n t h e block bounded by Bute, Yarmouth, Duke and West Freemason S t r e e t s . The best-preserved and most s cen ic p a r t of the a r e a l i e s around t h e block bounded by Bute, West Freemason, and Bote tour t S t r e e t s . This s e c t i o n i s a lmost devoid of t r a f f i c s i n c e a l l t h r e e s t r e e t s dead end a t o r near t h e block.

Most of t h e houses on t h e no r th s i d e of Bute S t r e e t e a s t of Dunmore S t r e e t have been des t royed f o r parking l o t s , and t h e demoli t ion of most of the block between Dunmore and Yarmouth S t r e e t s on the south s i d e of West Freemason has broken t h e s t r e e t facade and opened up a n unpleasant view of the commercial d i s t r i c t . P a r t s o f the a r e a ' s s t r e e t s a r e t r e e - l i n e d bu t the p l a n t i n g i s i n c o n s i s t e n t and t h e r e appears t o be l i t t l e t r e e maintenance and renewal. A l l of t h e a r e a ' s blocks were l i ned i n t h e n ine teen th cen tu ry wi th s tone curb ing and her r ingbone-pat te rn b r i c k s idewalks, but many s e c t i o n s of these walks have been ind i sc r imina te ly replaced wi th concre te paving i n r ecen t decades. Most of t h e s t r e e t s a r e paved wi th a s p h a l t but s e c t i o n s of West Freemason preserve both b r i c k and e a r l y s tone paving.

The a r c h i t e c t u r e i n t h e a r e a r ep resen t s a range o f townhouse s t y l e s from t h e Federa l t o t h e Georgian Revival. Most of the townhouses a r e e ighe r detached o r semi-detached t h r e e and f i v e bay dwel l ings s e t c l o s e t o t h e s t r e e t on deep narrow l o t s . S i g n i f i c a n t examples of t h e Federal s t y l e a r e the Whi t t l e House a t 227 West Freemason, and t h e Allmand-Archer House on Duke S t r e e t . The Greek Revival s t y l e i s b e s t represented by the William Lamb House, 420 Bute S t r e e t , and t h e Camp-Hubard House a t 308 West Freemason. Among t h e excep t iona l examples of t h e I t a l i a n a t e s t y l e a r e 419 Duke S t r e e t and 403 Bute S t r e e t . Second Empire s t y l e dwell ings inc lude the frame house a t 273 Bute S t r e e t and t h e John Cary Weston House a t 358 West Freemason. The a r e a ' s b e s t example of t h e Romanesque Revival is t h e brownstone f ronted house a t 246 West Freemason. Beaux A r t s Class ic i sm i s expressed i n t h e Norfolk Theatre Cent re o r o l d Publ ic Library , a l s o on West Freemason. There a r e numerous Queen Anne s t y l e houses i n t h e a r e a : an unusual ly r i c h example i s a t 244 West Freemason. The Georgian Revival is w e l l represented through- o u t the neighborhood: two of the more s o p h i s t i c a t e d exemples a r e the Red Cross Headquarters a t 414 Bute S t r e e t and t h e por t icoed George Roper House a t 320 West Freemason.

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The h i s t o r y of Norfo lk ' s c i ty scape is one of continuous and some- times sweeping change. Nearly a l l of t h e c o l o n i a l c i t y was destroyed i n the c r o s s - f i r e o f t h e Revolution. The many Federa l s t r u c t u r e s t h a t were b u i l t on t h e r u i n s of t h e c o l o n i a l c i t y were mostly replaced over the years by bu i ld ings of v a r i o u s per iods of t h e n ine teen th and twen t i e th c e n t u r i e s . As a r e s u l t of t h i s cons tan t r ebu i ld ing many of Norfo lk ' s o l d e s t neighbor- hoods acqui red a n i n t e r e s t i n g assemblage of houses, churches, . c iv i c and commercial bu i ld ings of many d i f f e r e n t s t y l e s . By the mid-twentieth centur however, most of t hese e a r l y neighborhoods became occupied by poorer c l a s s e and the bu i ld ings were allowed t o d e t e r i o r a t e . By the 1960's l i v i n g con- d i t i o n s i n these o l d neighborhoods had decayed t o such a n e x t e n t t h a t i t was decided t o remove most of them i n one of t h e most massive urban renewal p r o j e c t s ever undertaken i n a n American c i t y . Only one of Norfo lk ' s h i s t o r i c r e s i d e n t i a l neighborhoods, the a r e a around West Freemason S t r e e t , escaped t h i s l e v e l l i n g , and t h i s a r e a today maintains t h e only e a r l y r e s i - d e n t i a l s t r e e t s c a p e i n the c i t y of Norfolk.

The West Freemason S t r e e t Area was l a i d o u t j u s t a f t e r the Revolu- t i o n , and houses were b u i l t t h e r e from t h e l a t e -e igh teen th century through the ea r ly - twen t i e th century . Thus, preserved i n t h i s compact q u a r t e r i s a three-dimensional record of t h e c i t y ' s a r c h i t e c t u r a l development and a f a s c i n a t i n g chronology of American a r c h i t e c t u r a l s t y l e s s i n c e t h e c o l o n i a l period. The a r e a was e s p e c i a l l y fash ionable i n the f i r s t h a l f of the n ine teen th century when such impressive townhouses a s the Greek Revival Camp-Hubard House and t h e I t a l i a n a t e - s t y l e Gl isson House were e rec t ed . I t was dur ing t h i s per iod t h a t the marshy l anes of t h e c i t y were replaced w i t k s tone paving and what i s perhaps the o l d e s t example of t h i s s tone paving su rv ives a t t h e end of West Freemason S t r e e t . West Freemason gained a d d i t i o n a l d i s t i n c t i o n i n 1850 when i t became t h e f i r s t s t r e e t i n Norfolk t be equipped wi th gas lamps.

The ncighborhood nmintained i t s p r e s t i g e a f t e r t h e C i v i l War and impressive townhouses continued t o bc b u i l t . The rapid changes i n the era architectural t a s t c i s r c f l e c t c d i n the f i n e examples of the I t a l i a n a t e , I ~ O I I Y ~ I I C N ~ I I C Ik~vLval, llcni~x Ar ts Class ic i sm, Queen Anne, and Georgian Revival I I . I I . I I ~ L I I I 111 tllo nrucr.

Klny of tllc a r c a ' s llouscs posscss h i s t o r i c s i g n i f i c a n c e a s we l l a s a r c h i t e c t u r a l q u a l i t y . The Whi t t l e House, a d i s t ingu i shed example of the Federal s t y l e was occupied i n t h e n ine teen th cen&ry by cap&in Richard Lucien Page who was wi th Connnodore Per ry a t t h e h i s t o r i c opening of Japan t o western t rade . The c i r c a 1790 Allmand Archer House a t 327 Duke S t r e e t served as a headquar te rs f o r American o f f i c e r s i n t h e War of 1812.

F i l e s of the Vi rg in i a H i s t o r i c Landmarks Conrmission. Johnson, Eleanor Virg in ia S., Norfolk:- H i s t o r i c a l Fea tures , The Nusbaurr

Book and News Company, Norfolk, Virg in ia about 1904. Jones, Cary W., Norfolk as 2 Business Center , C. H. Windsor Bookseller and

S t a t i o n e r , V i rg in i a P res ses , Norfolk, V i rg in i a , 1881. Wertenbaker, Thomas J., Nor fo lk , ,H i s to r i c Southern Port, Duke Univers i ty

P res s , Durham, North Carol ina , 1931.

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2. Bounded on t h e no r th by Brambleton Avenue, bounded on t h e e a s t by l i n e s of p r o p e r t i e s on e a s t s i d e of Duke S t r e e t , bounded on t h e south by l ine r of p r o p e r t i e s on south s i d e of West Freemason S t r e e t , bounded on the wes by E l i zabe th River.

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7 . I n a d d i t i o n t o the a r e a ' s many townhouses the re a r e two t e r r a c e rows of d i s t i n c t i o n : the McCullough Row (338-346 West Freemasod, and a Queen Anne s t y l e row wi th r i c h b r i ck and t e r r a c o t t a decora t ion a t 317-321 Bute S t r e e t . There a r e s e v e r a l l a r g e apartment houses on Bute S t r e e t but none has p a r t i c - u l a r a r c h i t e c t u r a l d i s t i n c t i o n . The apartment house a t 249 West Freemason, however, i s . a d i g n i f i e d example of the Jacobean Revival. The a r e a a l s o con- t a i n s a number of good examples of n ine teen th century c a s t i r o n work. The i r o n fences i n f r o n t of the Camp-Hubard house and 322-324 West Freemason a r e c s ta te -wide s i g n i f i c a n c e . The i r o n verandas on 403 Bute S t r e e t and 358 West Freemason a r e no tab le examples o f t h e i r type.

The fol lowing l i s t i s an inventory wi th s h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n s of each of the s t r u c t u r e s t h a t a r e a r c h i e c t u r a l l y and h i s t o r i c a l l y s i g n i f i c a n t t o the West Freemason S t r e e t Area. cZz - bo)

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409 Bote tour t S t r e e t : Brick, one-half timber and s tucco , two-and-one-half s t o r i e s , gable roo f , two-bay f r o n t , t h ree -pa r t bay. Insp i r ed by Tudor ve rnacu la r ; ea r ly - twen t i e th century .

-' Bute S t r e e t : 257 Bute S t r e e t : Brick, two s t o r i e s , hipped roo f , two-bay front molded co rn ice , t h ree -pa r t bay window wi th a pointed r o o f , segmental l i n t e l s . Late-nineteenth century .

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273 Bute S t r e e t : Frame, two-and-one-half s t o r i e s , mansard r o o t , three-bay f r o n t , decora t ive hood moldings, pa t te rned t i le , bracketed co rn ice , c a s t i ron

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259 Bute S t r e e t : Brick, t h ree s t o r i e s , f l a t roof , three-bay f r o n t bracketed and modillioned co rn ice , segmental hood moldings. I t a l i a n a t e ; l a t e -n ine teen t century ; new f r o n t s t a i r .

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7. Carr iage House, 313 Bute S t r e e t : Brick, two s t o r i e s , shal low hipped r o o f , two-bay f r o n t , vented cupola, gabled co rn ice caps. Mid-nineteenth century ; c a r r i a g e house converted f o r commercial use.

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317-319-321 Bute S t r e e t : Brick, t h ree s t o r i e s , f l a t roo f , three-bay u n i t row Q house, pressed b r i c k f r o n t , decora t ive t e r r a c o t t a , f r o n t gables . Queen Anne;

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322 Bute S t r e e t : Brick faced wi th coursed a s h l a r , mansard roo f , two-bay f r o n t , c u r v i l i n e a r gable over th ree -pa r t bay, c a s t i r o n c r e s t i n g . Jacobean Revival; l a t e -n ine teen th century .

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352 Bute S t r e e t : Brick, t h r e e s t o r i e s , f l a t roo f , three-bay f r o n t , Ion ic en t rance porch wi th s tone foundation. Greek Revival; mid-nineteenth century.

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404 Bute S t r e e t : Stucco-over-brick, two-and-one-half s t o r i e s , mansard roof , one-bay f r o n t , molded co rn ice , mu l t i -un i t windows, diamond panes, f r o n t porch, parapet gable end. Twentieth century .

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414 Bute S t r e e t : Brick, t h r e e s t o r i e s , shallow roof , s ix-bay f r o n t , double- t i e r porch wi th swan neck pediment, t h ree -un i t bow window, L-shape.

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-\b 424 Bute S t r e e t : Brick, two-and-one-half s t o r i e s , gable roo f , two-bay f r o n t , f ive-s ided bay wi th pentagonal roof , t e r r a c o t t a plaques. Late-nineteenth century.

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- \% Duke S t r e e t : Allmand-Archer House, 327 Duke S t r e e t : Stucco-over-brick, two s t o r i e s , gable roo f , three-bay f r o n t , f l a t l i n t e l s . Federal ; l a t e -e igh teen th century ; l a t e r a l t e r a t i o n s t o facade.

7. Glisson House, 405 Duke S t r e e t : Brick, t h ree s t o r i e s , hipped roof , three- bay f r o n t , bracketed co rn ice , square cupola, Ion ic porch, turned post g a l l e r i e on r e r e l l . I t a l i a n a t e , b u i l t 1840. 122 -97

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409 Duke S t r e e t : Brick, two-and-one-half s t o r i e s , gable roof , molded co rn ice , f l a t l i n t e l s . Mid-nineteenth century; modern facade covers the o r i g i n a l ; modern a d d i t i o n s t o the r e a r .

419 Duke S t r e e t : Brick, two s t o r i e s , deck-on-hip roof , f ive-bay f r o n t , . bracketed co rn ice , s c r o l l work f r i e z e , arched. hood moldings. I t a l i a n a t e ; mid

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%@-West Freemason S t r e e t : Brick with r u s t i c a t e d brownstone t r i m , t h ree s t o r i gable roof , two-bay f r o n t , coursed a s h l a r round a rch entranceway, oblong bay window topped wi th a c ross gable. Romanesque Revival; l a t e -n ine teen th century.

1 2 2 - I 81) 243 West Freemason S t r e e t : Brick, with s tone t r i m , two s t o r i e s , f l a t roof , I three-bay f r o n t , massive b u t t r e s s e s f lank Moorish archway. Moorish inspi red mid- twentie th century . 1 244 West Freemason S t r e e t : Brick, two-and-one-half s t o r i e s , complex roof , t h r bay c ross band o r i e l , o rna te c ross gable, p i l a s t e r e d chimneys. Queen Anne; l a t e -n ine teen th century.

245 & 247 West Freemason S t r e e t : Stone i n random a s h l a r , two-and-one-half s t o r i e s , mansard roof , two houses of three-bay each, round corner tower with con ica l roof . Chateauesque; l a t e -n ine teen th century.

246 West Freemason S t r e e t : Brick wi th coursed brownstone a s h l a r , two-and-one- h a l f s t o r i e s , gable roof , two-bay f r o n t , s emi -c i r cu la r bay with con ica l roof , arcaded entranceway, double u n i t window, c a s t i ron g r i l l . Romanesque Revival , l a t e -n ine teen th century.

248 & 250 West Freemason S t r e e t : Brick, three s t o r i e s , f l a t roo f , six-bay f r o n t , two u n i t dwell ing, bracketed cornice and hood moldings, turned porch an entranceway. I t a l i a n a t e ; mid-nineteenth century; f r o n t porch add i t ion .

249 West Freemason S t r e e t : Brick, t h ree s t o r i e s , f l a t roo f , three-bay f r o n t , s tone t r i m and quoins, s tone o r i e l , s tone f r o n t i s p i e c e . Jacobean; l a t e - n ine teenth century.

256 West Freemason S t r e e t : Brick, two s t o r i e s , gable roof , three-bay f r o n t , cornice , c ross gable mot i f , neoc las s i c porch, c i r c u l a r

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I Pe t ty Dickson House, 300 West Freemason S t r e e t : Brick veneer , two-and-one-half 31 i s t o r i e s , mansard roo f , three-bay f r o n t , modil l ion co rn ice , double b e l t course ,

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I I 303 West Freemason S t r e e t : Asphalt s i d i n g over frame, two-and-one-half s tor ie j s , 53 , hipped roo f , two-bay f r o n t , mu l t ip l e dormers, pos t porch, bay window, c a s t i r o , , fence. Ear ly- twent ie th century . 1

! Camp-Hubard House, 308 West Freemason S t r e e t : Brick, two s t o r i e s , gable r o o f , 1 I , , I , three-bay f r o n t , one-story I o n i c p o r t i c o and c a s t i r o n fence. Greek Revival;

,'71 mid-nineteenth century . (&s \22 -3)

I / Arch i t ec t s Of f i ce , 341 West Freemason S t r e e t : Marble and b r i c k , one s t o r y , I - 58 ! f l a t roo f , four-bay f r o n t , b r i c k modular pane l s , metal screens , p r o j e c t i n g 1 s lubs . Contemporary s t y l e ; mid-twentieth century . 1

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, 313 West Freemason S t r e e t : Brick, two-and-one-half s t o r i e s , hipped roo f , i f o ~ r - b a y f r o n t , bracketed co rn ice , three-sided bay wi th pointed roo f , arched head surrounds, c l ipped dormer. I t a l i a n a t e ; l a t e -n ine teen th century. I

I i George Roper House, 320 West Freemason S t r e e t : Brick, two s t o r i e s , hipped roo ,

I three-bay f r o n t , two-story t e t r a s t y l e Ion ic p o r t i c o , f a n l i g h t transom. N b u i l t 1893. I

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322-324 West Freemason S t r e e t : Brick, two-and-one-half s t o r i e s , hipped roo f , four-bay two u n i t dwel l ing , two-bay pedimented porch, second en t r ance wi th I gable surround, " rus t i c " s t y l e c a s t i r o n fence. Georgian Revival; e a r l y - twent ie th century . I

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McCullough Row, 338-346 West Freemason S t r e e t . Brick, t h ree s t o r i e s , f l a t - J. 1 roo f , two-bay u n i t row houses, bracketed co rn ice , f l a t s tone l i n t e l s , u n i t s I I

Norfolk Theatre Cent re o r Old Publ ic Library , 345 West Freemason S t r e e t : Brick wi th s tone t r i m , two s t o r i e s , f l a t roo f , three-bay f r o n t , c e n t r a l p a v i l i o n wi th pa i red Ion ic columns, plaques wi th swags, decora t ive head

- . 1 with bay windows. Ear ly- twent ie th century .

( i ,,'z,z- I BL) , John ca ry Weston House, 348, 350, 352 West Freemason S t r e e t . Brick, two-and- , one-half s t o r i e s , gable roof , three-bay f r o n t , Jacobean gable , o r i e l .

I -41 Jacobean Revival; b u i l t e a r l y 1890'8. I I

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John Cary Weston House, 358 West Freemason S t r e e t : Br ick , two-and-one-half s t o r i e s , mansard r o o f , two-bay f r o n t , th ree-s ided bay, bracketed c o r n i c e , c a s t i r o n veranda and fence , segmental l i n t e l s . Second Empire; b u i l t 1870.

/ ce - /H) 401-402 West Freemason S t r e e t : Brick, two-and-one-half s t o r i e s , mansard r o o f , four-bay two u n i t row house, gabled dormers w i th round arched windows, Georgiar Revival porch. La te-n ine teenth century ; porch removed from west u n i t .

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404 West Freemason S t r e e t : Brick, two-and-one-half s t o r i e s , gable roo f , two- bay f i r s t f l o o r , c ros s -gab le f r o n t and pa i r ed I o n i c columns on f i r s t f l o o r porch, s h i n g l e s i n s i d e gable . Queen Anne; e a r l y - t w e n t i e t h century .

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Yarmouth S t r e e t : 409 Yarmouth S t r e e t : Brick, two s t o r i e s , hipped r o o f , three-bay f r o n t , Flemish bond, f l a t l i n t e l s . Mid-nineteenth century ; two- bay a d d i t i o n t o t h e s i d e ; c a r r i a g e house adapted t o commercial use.

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8. The 1807 Selden House was the headquar te rs of t he occupying Federa l fo rces i n Norfolk between 1862 and 1865. A former owner o f t he house, D r . William Boswell Selden was a surgeon i n t h e Confederate Army and hosted Robert E. Lee dur ing h i s 1870 v i s i t t o Norfolk. The imposing Greek Revival townhouse a t 420 Bute S t r e e t was where t h e house ' s owner, William Wilson Lamb h id Nor fo lk ' s famous c o l o n i a l mace when t h e c i t y surrendered t o t h e Federal fo rces . The Lamb family gained f u r t h e r d i s t i n c t i o n by supplying t h e c i t y w i th t h r e e gene ra t ions of mayors.

Although t h e West Freemason S t r e e t a r e a w a s n o t included w i t h i n t h e boundaries of t he o r i g i n a l borough of Norfolk, i t now s t a n d s a s t h e only v i s i b l e c o n s i s t e n t record of t h e c i t y ' s growth fo l lowing t h e d e v a s t a t i o n of t h e Revolution.

York S t r e e t : 337 York S t r e e t . Brick wi th coursed a s h l a r f r o n t , two-and- one-half s t o r i e s , two-bay f r o n t , t h r e e - p a r t bay window, pedimented porch. Jacobean Revival ; l a t e - n i n e t e e n t h century ; wooden porch a d d i t i o n .

-qa 339 York S t r e e t : Pa t te rned b r i c k , two-and-one-half s t o r i e s , gable r o o f , two- bay f r o n t , three-part-bay window, f r o n t gable w i t h d i a p e r p a t t e r n b r i c k , gauged f l a t a r c h l i n t e l s . Jacobean Revival ; ea r ly - twen t i e th century .

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