Downtown in Norfolk, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Norfolk College for Young Ladies

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, August 10, 2010

1. Norfolk College for Young Ladies Marker

Inscription. On this site was the Norfolk College for Young Ladies, which was chartered on February 20, 1880 with Capt. John L. Roper as President of the Board. The school was designed by James H Calrow, one of Norfolk's leading architects at the time. It opened that year with 125 students. The school offered educational opportunities for young women both in the traditional academic subjects and in such social refinements as music, drawing, deportment, elocution, and "mental and moral science." When the public school expanded programs for women, the College closed. Its last class graduated 1899. An active Alumnae Association supported young Norfolk women with grants and scholarships for many years. College Place, originally Green Bush Street and later Washington Street, was named for the College in mid-1880s. The building became the Algonquin Hotel in 1905, in time to accommodate visitors to the Jamestown Exposition. The name was changed to the Hotel Edwards in 1918 and to the Hotel Lee in 1936. Stores occupied the first floor until the building burned and was demolished in 1983.

Erected by City of Norfolk.

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historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education. A significant historical month for this entry is February 1860.

Location. 36° 51′ N, 76° 17.433′ W. Marker is in Norfolk, Virginia. It is in Downtown. It is at the intersection of Granby Street and College Place on Granby Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 300 Granby St, Norfolk VA 23510, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Virginia’s Hampton Roads,

specifically in Coastal Virginia,

and in the Hampton Roads Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in the Tidewater,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Governor Tazewell (about 300 feet away, measured in a

Photographed by Brandon D Cross, January 18, 2022

2. Norfolk College for Young Ladies Marker

direct line); Littleton Waller Tazewell (about 300 feet away); Tripoli Street (about 500 feet away); Epworth United Methodist Church, 1894 (about 500 feet away); Monticello Hotel, 1898 (about 700 feet away); Margaret Douglass (about 700 feet away); Town Back Creek and Stone Bridge (about 800 feet away); Taylor-Whittle House, 1791 (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Norfolk.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 30, 2010, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. This page has been viewed 1,291 times since then and 43 times this year. Last updated on February 11, 2014, by Thomas P. McPherson of Staunton, Virginia. Photos: 1. submitted on August 30, 2010, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. 2. submitted on January 18, 2022, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.