{"nrhp_refnum":"10000283","name":"Noland Company Building","other_names":["VDHR No. 121-0299"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2600 Warwick Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Newport News (Independent City)","county":"Newport News","state":"VA","lat":36.98229679600007,"lon":-76.42627327299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-05-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-section brick and concrete commercial and warehouse building at 2600 Warwick Boulevard in Newport News, Virginia. The oldest part dates to about 1920, and it reached its present form by 1938.","why_significant":"The building served as headquarters of the Noland Company from 1938, the period when the firm grew from a regional plumbing supplier into an international wholesale distributor of construction materials. It is also tied to company founder Lloyd U. Noland, Sr., a self-made businessman and civic leader. It is one of the few surviving historic industrial buildings in downtown Newport News.","narrative":"Rising beside Warwick Boulevard in downtown Newport News, this brick and concrete building began as a three-story factory and warehouse around 1920. A four-story addition and a two-story addition later formed a lopsided U. Early occupants included a phonograph manufacturer and a lumber company. In 1938 Lloyd U. Noland, Sr. remodeled it as the headquarters, showroom and warehouse of the Noland Company, reorienting the entrance toward Warwick Boulevard and adding storefront windows. The lobby and second-floor offices received Art Deco touches, including curved walls, a veneered stair and a bracketed canopy, while the rest stayed utilitarian. From here the company grew from a regional plumbing supplier into an international wholesale distributor of construction materials, and Noland directed it until his death in 1952. The building is recognized for its commercial history and its link to Noland, and it is one of few historic industrial buildings left downtown. It is now vacant.","period_of_significance":"1938-1960","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late 19th & Early 20th Century American Movements (Art Deco elements in the lobby and offices)","criteria":["A","B"],"status_note":"Listed current function is vacant/not in use.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.591387-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/85/6820/41682085/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/10000283.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000283/371a1076cd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000283/371a1076cd-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Joseph Sullivan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nolan_Company_Bldg_(Front_Corner).JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Joseph Sullivan</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nolan_Company_Bldg_(Front_Corner).JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682085","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noland_Company_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16895888"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/newport-news/noland-company-building-10000283/"}