During the War of 1812, British forces invaded the Chesapeake Bay and captured the town of Hampton. On June 22, 1813, American forces rebuffed Vice Admiral Sir John B. Warren's attack at Craney Island (located to your rear, across Hampton Roads to . . . — — Map (db m252823) WM
A-7E Corsair II
BuNo. 157606 Navy Attack
The A-7E Corsair II was first flown on November 25, 1969. It was powered by a naval version of the 15,000 lbs. thrust Allison/Rolls-Royce TF41-A-2 turbofan engine, . . . — — Map (db m248116) WM
One mile north, the Back River Lighthouse and keeper's dwelling stood for 127 years. The lighthouse was built for $4,250 in 1829, automated in 1915, and decommissioned in 1936. A guide for watermen and a meeting place for the community, the . . . — — Map (db m252908) HM
George Wythe (ca. 1726-1806), Revolutionary leader and signer of the Declaration of Independence, was very likely born at his family's Chesterville Plantation, about seven miles north. He later inherited the property. Wythe served in the House of . . . — — Map (db m247431) HM
A grisly sight met mariners navigating the Hampton River in the late 1710s. The severed head of the notorious pirate called Blackbeard hung from a pole to warn potential pirates of their likely fate. In May 1717, Blackbeard and other buccaneers . . . — — Map (db m283413) HM
6 ► Virginia, Hampton — Cemetery Final resting place for many who passed through Hampton's doorways Explore Hampton 2010 - From the Sea to the Stars —
This historic cemetery is the final resting place for many who passed through Hampton's doorways. Lying among them, his grave marked by volcanic rock from his birthplace in Hawaii, is Gen. Samuel Chapman Armstrong, the founder and first principal of . . . — — Map (db m283410) HM
In a marshy field miles north of here near space-age testing facilities lies the homesite of one of America's most respected founders. Chesterville was the birthplace and plantation of George Wythe, lawyer, teacher, and guiding light to men like . . . — — Map (db m251418) HM
Hampton University, whose campus includes the spot where President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation was first read to slaves on the Peninsula, played a major role in making those promises a reality nearly a century later. The civil rights . . . — — Map (db m252890) HM
People need to get to work. The advent in 1889 of Collis P. Huntington's huge shipyard on the James River in Newport News meant good jobs for many Hamptonians, but transportation was difficult. Lumber, hotel, and seafood entrepreneur James S. . . . — — Map (db m252694) HM
In January 1863, here under an oak tree, newly freed African American students listened as the Emancipation Proclamation was read aloud. Union Gen. Benjamin Butler's "contraband of war" decision at Fort Monroe in 1861 anticipated that day, enabling . . . — — Map (db m283408) HM
F-100D Super Sabre
No. 54-2145 USAF Fighter
The F-100 Super Sabre was the first USAF fighter jet with true supersonic performance. Designed as a successor to the F-86 Sabre, the first prototype flew on . . . — — Map (db m247815) HM
F-86L Sabre
No. 51-3064 USAF Fighter
The F-86L Sabre is an all-weather variant of the original F-86A, which gained fame in the skies over Korea in the early 1950s. The radar-equipped F-86L is substantially . . . — — Map (db m248079) WM
F-89D/J Scorpion
No. 52-2129 USAF Interceptor
Scorpion 52-2129 was delivered to the USA by Northrop Aircraft on January 5, 1955. Its last assignment was to the 4500th Air Base Wing at Langley AFB in Hampton, . . . — — Map (db m248588) HM
Fort Monroe
Has been designated a
Registered National Historic Landmark
Under the provisions of the
Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935
this site possesses exceptional value
in commemorating and illustrating
the history . . . — — Map (db m302978) HM
New development dominates this area, but during the Civil War a house stood at this site that was one of many in the town destroyed by fire. The burning occurred when Confederate commander John Bankhead Magruder heard the rumor that Union Gen. . . . — — Map (db m283414) HM
In 1757, sea captain John Herbert built this house overlooking the Hampton River. Herbert's four sons served in Virginia's navy during the Revolution. A survivor of the two fires that ravaged Hampton, it is now the oldest brick dwelling in America's . . . — — Map (db m252836) HM
From its modest opening in 1950 as a dirt track with few amenities to today's paved showplace, Langley Speedway has offered an exciting pastime for stock car racing fans throughout the region.
In the late 1940s the property on North Armistead . . . — — Map (db m251140) HM
If you believed in something strongly enough, would you break the law to do it?
A few steps from here rest the remains of Mary Smith Kelsey Peake, who dedicated her life to teaching enslaved and free African Americans to readeven though it was . . . — — Map (db m283388) HM
MIM-3 Nike-Ajax
Upper Stage Army Surface -to-Air Missile (SAM)
Beginning in the early 1950s Cold War era, concerns about Soviet nuclear-armed bombers created the need for basing surface-to-air missiles near U.S. . . . — — Map (db m248581) HM
The Officer Kenneth Earl Wallace gazebo to your front, and the memorial 150 yards to your left, were erected by the residents of Olde Wythe to memorialize the life, and perpetuate the memory of Hampton Police Officer Kenneth Earl Wallace. . . . — — Map (db m252723) HM
Pleasant Shade is the oldest, largest public African American cemetery on the lower Virginia Peninsula. Comprising about 20 acres, it is an amalgamation of three historic burial grounds.
The earliest portion, Mount Zion, was begun in 1888 on . . . — — Map (db m251228) HM
22 ► Virginia, Hampton — Rochambeau The French in Hampton, 1781-82 Explore Hampton 2010 - From the Sea to the Stars —
After the British surrender at Yorktown in October 1781, a large contingent of French troops under the command of the Comte de Rochambeau took up winter quarters in Hampton. They were called Lauzun's Legion, a force of volunteer soldiers of many . . . — — Map (db m283391) HM
The room in which you are standing, the present main gate walkway was originally part of the guardhouse for Fort Monroe. The door in front of you leads to the individual cells as opposed to the large room in which you are standing which was a prison . . . — — Map (db m302976) HM
Launched in January 1862, the USS Monitor successfully fought in the Battle of Hampton roads on March 9 and sank on December 31 the same year. One-hundred and twelve sailors and crew served on this remarkable iron-clad vessel, which ushered . . . — — Map (db m283418) HM WM
Bethel Church moved to this location from Hampton in 1842. The original church built herethe third Bethel Churchwas destroyed during the Civil War. The individuals interred here were members of the Big Bethel Baptist Church congregation who died . . . — — Map (db m66889) HM
To commemorate the Battle of Bethel, June 10, 1861. The first conflict between the Confederate and Federal land forces and in memory of Henry A. Wyatt, Private Co. A, 1st Regiment North Carolina Volunteers. The first Confederate soldier to fall in . . . — — Map (db m66888) WM
A part of the original Aberdeen Gardens, Aberdeen Elementary School was opened in 1938. It quickly filled not only the role of educating students but also that of a community center, being used as a meeting place and social hall. There were . . . — — Map (db m166465) HM
Built "by Negroes for Negroes," Aberdeen Gardens began in 1934 as the model resettlement community for Negro families. It was the only such community in the United States designed by a Negro architect (Hilyard R. Robinson) and built by Negro . . . — — Map (db m41237) HM
Granger Court East is newer than its next-door neighbor, Aberdeen Gardens, but the two have a common ancestor. Hampton University, or Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, as it was then called, planted the seeds of both communities. The . . . — — Map (db m166463) HM
Aberdeen Gardens, built by African Americans for African Americans, was the first of its kind in America. It was part of a bold New Deal program to resettle families who, caught in the jaws of the Great Depression, could not afford decent . . . — — Map (db m166468) HM
This was the commercial hub of Aberdeen Gardens, a mini-mall that included a grocery store, barbershop and tavern. Although it has seen many changes since the neighborhood was created in 1939, it has been a vital part of the community. . . . — — Map (db m166457) HM
The Todd Farmhouse, a Queen Anne style home with four bedrooms, was built in 1898. When the New Deal helped to finance the African-American development of Aberdeen Gardens, the Todd Farm and others adjoining int made up Aberdeen's 440 acres, in . . . — — Map (db m166459) HM
This is the site of a popular alternative to Buckroe Beach, which had opened as a whites-only facility in the 1880s. Desiring to have a vacation resort by the sea for their own people, a group of African American leaders in Hampton formed the Bay . . . — — Map (db m131730) HM
A group of prominent local African Americans
formed the Bay Shore Hotel Company, purchased
land here, and in 1898 opened a resort for black
travelers. Ravaged by an Aug. 1933 hurricane, the
resort was rebuilt and operated until the 1970s. . . . — — Map (db m129839) HM
You are looking at America's first health resort. Buckroe Beach, named for Buckrose in Yorkshire, England, has been known since colonial days for its healthful climate and "invigorating saltwater bathing."
The name first appears in official . . . — — Map (db m234465) HM
Buck Roe, probably named for the Yorkshire, England, region of Buckrose, was a site of colonial experiments with wine and silk production in the 1620s. Buckroe plantation, located here and sustained by enslaved labor, was confiscated by the U.S. . . . — — Map (db m278964) HM
The Negro Motorist Green Book, a guidebook for African American travelers, was published by New York City mail carrier Victor Hugo Green in response to pervasive and widespread racial discrimination during the pre-Civil Rights era. Green's . . . — — Map (db m234376) HM
Polaris was a deterrent and retaliatory missile specifically designed for launch from a ballistic missile submarine while submerged (or surfaced) to strike a target some 1,500 miles away. A typical submarine carried 16 of these missiles which . . . — — Map (db m103955) HM
The A-7E Corsair II was first flown by on November 25, 1969, after the Navy decided that the A7-A & B needed more power and improved avionics. The A-7E was powered by a naval version of the 15,000 lbs Allison/Rolls-Royce TF41-A-2 turbofan . . . — — Map (db m248115) HM
Beginning from the early 1950s into the 1960s, during the Cold War era, concerns created the need for basing surface-to-air missiles near U.S. military installations. Built for the U.S. Army by Western Electric and initially deployed in . . . — — Map (db m248583) HM
Designed as a penetrator and long-range escort fighter, the F-101 Voodoo first appeared in 1954. The design was based on the earlier prototype XF-88, and no actual prototype F-101 was built. Later versions were used as long-range interceptors . . . — — Map (db m248589) HM
The F-105 Thunderchief was the last airplane produced by Republic Aviation before it became part of Fairchild Hiller. The Thunder chief was originally a private-venture study as a follow-on to the F-84F. Intended as a fighter . . . — — Map (db m248573) HM
F-105D Thunderchief
No. 61-0073 USAF Fighter-bomber
The F-105 Thunderchief was the last airplane produced by Republic Aviation before it became part of Fairchild Hiller. The Thunderchief was originally . . . — — Map (db m248568) HM
First proposed in December of 1945, the F-89 Scorpion was designed as a replacement for the P-61 Black Widow. The first flight was on August 16, 1948. A novel design of the aircraft was the use of decelerons, split ailerons that . . . — — Map (db m248590) HM
Hampton is home to one of the earliest military bases in America specifically built for air power. Langley Flying Field, as it was then called, witnessed and nurtured the growth of the United States Air Force.
The story of the land embraced by . . . — — Map (db m103906) HM
The Army's Corporal was the first U.S. ballistic missile originally developed by the Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, California. It was powered by a liquid-fuel rocket engine and carried either a high explosive or nuclear warhead. A . . . — — Map (db m248575) HM
This is a test capsule of America's first manned spacecraft for Project Mercury. Engineer's had to devise a vehicle that would protect the human being from the temperature extremes, vacuum, the newly discovered radiation of space and . . . — — Map (db m247823) HM
In the early decades of the twentieth century, it took visionaries to imagine that airplanes might be useful in war and peace. Congress established the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) in 1915 “to supervise and direct the . . . — — Map (db m103905) HM
Americas space program got off the ground near here at NASA Langley Research Center. In 1958, spacecraft, procedures, and communication systems were designed and tested at the center, and the follow year the first astronauts . . . — — Map (db m103904) HM
Nike-Ajax is the first U.S. surface-to-air missile. The original Nike program was begun in 1945 and over 10,000 Nike-Ajax missiles serviced over 100 sites in 15 defense areas within the U.S. including the Hampton Roads area. . . . — — Map (db m103954) HM
The Phantom II is one of the most successful modern aircraft designs, with over 5,000 built. Developed for the U.S. Navy, it was also flown by the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Marine Corps, and was also sold too many foreign countries. Capable of . . . — — Map (db m248574) HM
RF-4C Phantom II
No. 69-0372 USAF Reconnaissance
The Phantom II is one of the most successful modern aircraft designs, with over 5,000 built. Developed for the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Marine . . . — — Map (db m248565) HM
Beginning in June 1943, after development of the Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star, the need for a high-performance trainer aircraft with seen. The resulting T-33 T-Bird was basically an F-80 as shown here with an extended fuselage to allow . . . — — Map (db m248108) HM
Old North Hampton life began with birth at the hands of midwives, including Nettie Washington and Rosa Callis Brown. Mrs. Brown lived at 868 North King Street (now 916 Quash Street). Children attended nursery schools run by concerned mentors, such . . . — — Map (db m151395) HM
The intersection of Quash (then known as North King Street) and Rip Rap Road pulsed with activity and was the centerpiece of the Old North Hampton community. On this corner Solomon Chandler built a grocery store in 1924. At the time there were no . . . — — Map (db m151390) HM
Welcome to Crabtown. Although all sorts of seafood were harvested and purveyed, "Crabtown" was the unofficial name by which many lovers of the "beautiful swimmer," the Chesapeake Bay bluecrab, have known Hampton for more than a . . . — — Map (db m166499) HM
Dorothy Vaughan, mathematician, graduated from Wilberforce University and was a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. During World War Il she left her job as a teacher to work for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), later . . . — — Map (db m199849) HM
First visited by Englishmen May 10, 1607.
Fortified at Old Point by Captain George Percy, October, 1609.
Settled by Lord De La Warr, July, 1610;
Reinforced by Sir Thomas Dale, May, 1611;
The Rev. William Mease being the first minister. . . . — — Map (db m33862) HM
In 1960, this building was the F.W. Woolworth Co.s 5 & 10 cent store and had a "whites only" lunch counter. On February 10, 1960, African-American college students from Hampton Institute sat at the lunch counter in an act of civil disobedience. . . . — — Map (db m218321) HM
Before the Civil War, Southern churches were internally segregated, and African Americans worshiped from balconies. Blacks were not permitted to have their own places of worship in many areas. This changed dramatically during and after the war, . . . — — Map (db m166511) HM
Near here on the church creek stood the first church at Kecoughtan (later Hampton). Built on the Parish Glebe Farm about 1616, as the first church of the oldest continuous settlement of English origin in America, William Mease was the first known . . . — — Map (db m33903) HM
Organized as a society in 1789, First United Methodist Church is the mother of Methodism in the lower peninsula. Bishop Francis Asbury visited the congregation April 14, 1800, and March 5, 1812. Originally located about one block north on Wine . . . — — Map (db m166515) HM
Virginia Founders
Wilson, William, born VA 1646, died 1713
Wilson, Willis, born VA 1670, died 1701
Wilson, Miles, born VA 1673, died 1701
Revolutionary War Patriots
Brown, Benjamin 1766-1806
Jennings, Charles 1749-1816 . . . — — Map (db m166542) HM WM
In 1791 Grafton Baptist Church, in York County, founded a mission in Hampton, Hampton Baptist Church, which called its first pastor, Richard Hurst, in 1806. After the War of 1812, the church began to grow so that it had 185 members by 1837. During . . . — — Map (db m33925) HM
The courthouse, roofless and thoroughly gutted. [Its] chimney served oar cooks well in getting supper. The Telegraph tent was soon up and the operator at work on the newly strung wire to Fort Monroe. Pvt. Robert Knox Sneden, . . . — — Map (db m33853) HM
"The courthouse, roofless and thoroughly gutted. [Its] chimney served our cooks well in getting supper. The Telegraph tent was soon up and the operator at work on the newly strung wire to Fort Monroe."
- Pvt. Robert Knox . . . — — Map (db m301824) HM
When Capt. Jefferson C. Phillipss Confederate troops set the town of Hampton on fire on the evening of August 7, 1861, a house that stood on this King Street site was one of the many structures destroyed. Archaeology tells the story of its . . . — — Map (db m283416) HM
During World War II, while in training for the Army, Navy, or Army Air Corps, both men and women found a "home away from home" at two locations in Hampton, one for whites and another for African Americans. These USO (United Service . . . — — Map (db m166540) HM
The Native American village of Kecoughtan stood across the Hampton River in 1607. Soon after the English forcibly removed the inhabitants in 1610, the colonists settled there and the village grew. By the early eighteenth century, the royal . . . — — Map (db m33890) HM
Indian
With open arms we welcomed strangers to our homeland, and taught them how to live off the land.
African
We were not brought here as immigrants, but our labor helped build this place called Hampton. . . . — — Map (db m301844) HM
Just off the mouth of Hampton River is an extensive shoal known as Hampton Bar. There, a major industry that helped rebuild Hampton after the Civil War was literally spawned. James Sands Darling, an industrious New Yorker who arrived to make his . . . — — Map (db m166500) HM
John Mallory Phillips was a businessman, politician, resident and friend of Old North Hampton. He lived most of his life at 904 North King Street, now Quash Street, and was known by friends and neighbors as simply John Mallory.
John graduated . . . — — Map (db m151394) HM
Katherine Johnson, mathematician, graduated from West Virginia State College and was a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She was a teacher before the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (later NASA) hired her in 1953 to work in the . . . — — Map (db m199789) HM
A "sleepy village" before the Civil War and a charred ruin after it was set afire, Hampton slowly recovered. Thanks to oysters, crabs, hotels, saloons, and the military, prosperity began to appear at these cross-streets again.
By the . . . — — Map (db m166523) HM
In Dec. 1916, the U.S. Army purchased land four miles north of here to build an airfield to use jointly with the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. During World War I, the Army trained aircrews and tested aircraft there. In 1921, Brig. . . . — — Map (db m33842) HM
In 1634, Capps Point, later known as Little England, was patented by William Capps, a prominent planter who maintained a lucrative saltworks. He served as a burgess in the 1619 General Assembly, the first representative legislative body in the New . . . — — Map (db m33900) HM
Little England Chapel, originally known as the Ocean Cottage Sunday School, was built about 1879 on property provided by Daniel F. Cock. Hampton Institute students regularly offered Sunday school lessons here to the African American Newtown . . . — — Map (db m33901) HM
Little England Chapel, the only extant African-American missionary chapel in Virginia at the time of its selection as a state historic landmark in 1982, had its beginning in about 1878, when George C. Rowe began Sunday school classes in his home . . . — — Map (db m166479) HM
Mary Jackson, aerospace engineer, was born in Hampton and graduated from Hampton Institute in 1942. The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (later NASA), hired her in 1951 to be a "human computer" in the segregated West Area Computing Unit . . . — — Map (db m199792) HM
On this site in 1726 John McDowell, who appraised estates and witnessed wills in Elizabeth City County, owned and operated an inn. It was bought by Dr. John Brodie in 1765. British Marine Captain Brown was treated here and died from wounds received . . . — — Map (db m33924) HM
Old North Hampton was first identified in the census of 1850 and is the second oldest African American community in Hampton. The community of North Hampton was established by people formerly enslaved, many of whom were Contraband Slaves or their . . . — — Map (db m151392) HM
What are we doing here?
The City of Hampton contracted with the James River Institute for Archaeology, Inc. (JRIA) to complete a preliminary archaeological investigation to determine whether there is surviving evidence of the . . . — — Map (db m166502) HM
Vincent Joseph Serio, Sr. was born October 7, 1896, the thirteenth and youngest child of Filippo, a merchant seaman, and Bartola Serio. The family emigrated from Cefalu, Sicily, through Ellis Island to the United States in 1901, settling in . . . — — Map (db m166512) HM
When Confederate Gen. John B. Magruder learned that the Federals intended to house troops and escaped slaves in Hampton, he burned down the town. Local soldiers, led by Capt. Jefferson C. Phillips, completed this “loathsome yet patriotic . . . — — Map (db m33847) HM
This memorial was erected in 1901 in memory of local Confederate soldiers by the Hampton Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy with permission of St. John's Church. While some soldiers are buried in our cemetery, many of the dead . . . — — Map (db m184375) HM
The oldest Anglican parish in continuous existence in America. Established in 1610, this is the fourth church built in the parish. It was erected in 1728 in the shape of a Latin cross. Its walls are two feet thick. The bricks are laid in Flemish . . . — — Map (db m33858) HM
[Drawing of the grounds with the following description given:]
Location of the old wall through excavations under supervision of Paul Hudson and Anne Garland — — Map (db m166546) HM
Henry Cary, Jr. built St. John's Church, the oldest building in Hampton, in 1728. It is the fourth such structure to serve Elizabeth City Parish, established in 1610, and is America's oldest active parish in the Anglican Communion. St. . . . — — Map (db m166559) HM
This tributary of Hampton River has not always been a haven for pleasure boaters but, in earlier days, served as a hub for shipbuilding, fish packing, and power generation. Fleets of Chesapeake Bay log canoes, used for oyster dredging, plied . . . — — Map (db m252870) HM
One of the first free public schools in America was located in what is now a wooded acre north of Tabbs Creek near the boundary of Langley Air Force Base and NASA Archaeologists have unearthed a number of artifacts including . . . — — Map (db m166513) HM
The first Courthouse served Elizabeth City County (one of eight counties established in 1634) and Hampton, the county set. It was probably near the second church site of Elizabeth City Parish now the property of Hampton University. Court buildings . . . — — Map (db m33857) HM
Built in 1914, this building served as the largest post office in Hampton until 1986. It was renovated into a wedding and event venue in 2016.
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States . . . — — Map (db m166514) HM
On this site prior to 1884 James Sands Darling built his Victorian home which survived the destructive fire of that year. The home was occupied by his daughter, Grace Darling Cumming, and her family until 1923. It later became the Magnolia Tree Inn . . . — — Map (db m33922) HM
St. Tammany Lodge No. 5, A.F. & A.M. was organized in Hampton under a charter granted by the Grand Lodge of England, February 26, 1759. This Temple was erected in 1888. The unusual medallions on the north face represent Masonic symbols. When the . . . — — Map (db m166516) HM
On this corner in the 1750's was a large brick house owned by Captain Alexander Hamilton. John Paul, who owned and ran an ordinary during the Revolutionary War, sold the fifteen corner feet of the one-half acre lot to Thomas Latimer, Jr. It was . . . — — Map (db m33919) HM
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