{"nrhp_refnum":"74002242","name":"Quarters A, B, and C, Norfolk Naval Shipyard","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Norfolk Naval Shipyard","address_restricted":false,"city":"Portsmouth (Independent City)","county":"Portsmouth","state":"VA","lat":36.82648133400005,"lon":-76.29722925599998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-12-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Three Greek Revival brick houses (Quarters A, B, and C) built as officers' quarters at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia, constructed between 1837 and 1842.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the houses are finely crafted examples of Asher Benjamin's Greek Revival style and show how architectural handbooks influenced early-nineteenth-century builder-craftsmen. They are also relics, along with Drydock No. 1, of the expansion of the Gosport Navy Yard after the War of 1812.","narrative":"Quarters A, B, and C are three two-story Flemish-bond brick houses built as officers' residences at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia, and they are still used that way. Quarters A, originally the Commandant's House, is the largest and most formal, with a Doric entrance and three-part windows under marble lintels. Quarters B and C are smaller, nearly identical mirror-image plans with pressed-brick fronts. A brick wall dating to 1803 screens the group from the street. Much original woodwork survives, and the houses are in excellent condition. Their detailing was drawn from Asher Benjamin's The Practical House Carpenter of 1830, adapted freely by the builders, so construction is dated to 1837-1842. The houses reflect the post-War of 1812 growth of the Gosport Navy Yard, the oldest naval facility in the United States. They survived the burnings of the yard in 1861 and 1862 and remain in service.","period_of_significance":"19th Century","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Excellent condition, well maintained, and still used as residences for high-ranking officers of the shipyard.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.877819-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/96/6825/41682596/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/74002242.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74002242/d75204ce02-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74002242/d75204ce02-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Mojo Hand","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Quarters_B_and_C.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Mojo Hand</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Quarters_B_and_C.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682596","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarters_A,_B,_and_C,_Norfolk_Naval_Shipyard","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16899028"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/portsmouth/quarters-a-b-and-c-norfolk-naval-shipyard-74002242/"}