101 ► Virginia, Portsmouth, Swimming Point — Portsmouth Naval Hospital — “Civil War 1861-1865” — Fort Nelson Park —

Virginia seceded from the Union on April 17, 1861. On April 2, the Governor ordered the 3rd Virginia Regiment to occupy and fortify the Navy Hospital grounds. A battery of earthen works was hastily erected on the point and renamed Fort Nelson, after . . . — — Map (db m83920) HM

102 ► Virginia, Portsmouth, Swimming Point — Portsmouth Naval Hospital — “Spanish-American War 1898” — Fort Nelson Park —

After the Spanish defeat at the battle of Santiago, Cuba, in July 1898, the sick and injured needed treatment. The newly converted hospital ship USS Solace transported 55 sick U.S. Navy and 48 wounded Spanish sailors to the hospital. The . . . — — Map (db m83924) HM

103 ► Virginia, Portsmouth, Swimming Point — Portsmouth Naval Hospital — “World War II and Korea 1937-1953” — Fort Nelson Park —

World War II created the need to rapidly expand the hospital in 1941. The $1.5 million program increased the number of hospital beds to 3,441. A dental clinic, ships service, library and a bank were added. The staff -- medical officers, nurses, . . . — — Map (db m83925) HM

104 ► Virginia, Portsmouth, Swimming Point — Portsmouth Naval Hospital — “Hospital Renovation 1907-1910” — Fort Nelson Park —

By 1900, time and use had taken its toll on the hospital building. In October 1907, the Navy's Bureau of Medicine and Surgery ordered hospital personnel to remove patients to tent-covered wooden platforms constructed several hundred yards away from . . . — — Map (db m83926) HM

105 ► Virginia, Portsmouth, Swimming Point — Portsmouth Naval Hospital — “Building 215, Portsmouth’s First Skyscraper 1960” — Fort Nelson Park —

Building 215 was constructed to provide a much needed modern hospital and to centralize the medical departments scattered around the base. The 500-bed hospital became the command’s second primary hospital facility when commissioned in April 1960. . . . — — Map (db m83930) HM

106 ► Virginia, Portsmouth, Swimming Point — Portsmouth Naval Hospital — “The Navy’s First Corps School 1902” — Fort Nelson Park —

On June 17, 1898, President William McKinley signed a bill establishing the Navy Hospital Corps. Navy Corpsmen are trained in the science of health and nursing skills necessary to provide proper patient care at hospitals, ships at sea and to the . . . — — Map (db m83932) HM

107 ► Virginia, Portsmouth, Swimming Point — Portsmouth Naval Hospital — “Yellow Fever Epidemic” — Fort Nelson Park —

In June 1855, the steamer Franklin put into Norfolk for repairs while sailing from the West Indies to New York. Mosquitoes carrying yellow fever escaped when the vessel docked. The Naval Hospital’s first yellow fever patients came from . . . — — Map (db m83935) HM

108 ► Virginia, Portsmouth, Swimming Point — Portsmouth Naval Hospital — “Naval Burial Ground 1838” — Fort Nelson Park —

There are 840 graves of seamen and soldiers in the naval cemetery on the hospital grounds. They include the remains of seamen from the U.S., Great Britain, France, Spain, Germany, Russia, Brazil, Denmark and Japan. The oldest known burial was a . . . — — Map (db m83936) HM

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109 ► Virginia, Portsmouth, Swimming Point — Portsmouth Naval Hospital — “The U.S. Navy’s First Hospital” — Fort Nelson Park —

In 1826, Philadelphia architect John Haviland submitted construction plans for this hospital. This building, which houses offices is now known as Building 1, was made of granite and freestone. Its style is classical Greek Revival architecture, which . . . — — Map (db m83939) HM

110 ► Virginia, Portsmouth, Swimming Point — Portsmouth Naval Hospital — “Hospital Point” — Fort Nelson Park —

The Naval Hospital faces a peninsula surrounded by the Elizabeth River. In 1636, Captain Thomas Willoughby received a land grant from the King of England that included this peninsula. The land was used as a plantation and changed owners several . . . — — Map (db m83941) HM

111 ► Virginia, Portsmouth, Swimming Point — Portsmouth Naval Hospital — “Hospital Fund” — Fort Nelson Park —

The British had a custom of taxing its sailors for their health care. In 1798 Congress established the “Hospital Fund" based on the British system. 20 cents per month was deducted from the pay of each officer, sailor and marine to provide for . . . — — Map (db m83944) HM

112 ► Virginia, Portsmouth, Swimming Point — Portsmouth Naval Hospital — “Early Naval Medicine” — Fort Nelson Park —

Naval regulations of 1798 state: ”A convenient place be set apart for sick or hurt men, to which they are to be removed with their hammocks and bedding when the surgeon shall advise the same, and some of the crew appointed to attend . . . — — Map (db m83945) HM

113 ► Virginia, Portsmouth, Swimming Point — Portsmouth Naval Hospital — “Navy Nurse Corps 1908” — Fort Nelson Park —

The Navy Nurse Corps was created by Congress in 1908, allowing women to perform duties that previously had been done by men. They held no rank and were titled “Nurse.” The first 20 to graduate were known as the “Sacred . . . — — Map (db m83946) HM

114 ► Virginia, Portsmouth, Swimming Point — Portsmouth Naval Hospital — “World War I 1917-1918” — Fort Nelson Park —

When the United States entered World War I, immediate steps were taken to expand the hospital. Several temporary wood-framed buildings were constructed to accommodate the ever-growing number of patients. These buildings included 34 patient pavilions . . . — — Map (db m83947) HM

115 ► Virginia, Portsmouth, West Park View — Q-81 — Israel Charles Norcom High School —

I.C. Norcom (1856-1916) was an African American educator and administrator who served Portsmouth schools for more than 30 years. The first school to bear his name opened in 1920 three quarters of a mile southeast of here. Principal William E. . . . — — Map (db m113668) HM

116 ► Virginia, Portsmouth, Westbury — The Historic Portsmouth Community Library — Path of History, Portsmouth, VA —

The Portsmouth Colored Community Library was the library for Portsmouth’s Black citizens from 1945 to 1962. The building serves as a reminder of the segregation when African-Americans could not use the “white’s only” public library. Thomas C. . . . — — Map (db m191677) HM

117 ► Virginia, Portsmouth, Western Branch North — Q 8-i — City of Portsmouth —

The site of this city was patented in 1659 by Captain William Carver. Established as a town in 1752 and named by its founder, Lt. Col. Wm Crawford. Chartered as a city in 1858. It has the country's oldest Naval Shipyard. Established in 1767. The . . . — — Map (db m37088) HM

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