{"nrhp_refnum":"84000039","name":"Victoria Boulevard Historic District","other_names":["VHLC File No. 114-112"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Sunset Creek, Armisted and Linden Aves., and Bridge St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hampton (Independent City)","county":"Hampton","state":"VA","lat":37.02018441250007,"lon":-76.34558997465996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-10-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small streetcar suburb of 104 dwellings in Hampton, Virginia, just south of the central business district, built mostly between the 1890s and the 1920s along Victoria Boulevard and adjoining streets, including Park Place and parts of Linden, Columbia and Bridge streets.","why_significant":"The district is a cohesive early suburb whose houses, mostly large, follow three compatible styles: Queen Anne, Colonial Revival and American Foursquare. Scale and materials are consistent across the blocks. It was laid out by Frank W. Darling, and the houses are tied to the streetcar line toward Newport News. Seventeen modern dwellings are noncontributing.","narrative":"Victoria Boulevard Historic District is a streetcar suburb in Hampton, Virginia, a short distance south of the downtown business area. It contains 104 dwellings, most of them large houses built in the 1890s and the first two decades of the 1900s. Nearly all follow one of three compatible styles: Queen Anne, Colonial Revival or American Foursquare, giving the neighborhood a consistent scale and use of materials. The district spreads across Victoria Boulevard, Park Place, parts of Linden Avenue, Columbia Street, Bridge Street and neighboring streets. Frank W. Darling, whose early house at 4403 dates to about 1895, laid out the area, including the grassy square now called Park Place. Notable examples include the yellow brick Colonial Revival Reed House and a Colonial Revival house at 822 Breakwater, described as one of the best on the Peninsula. Linden Avenue was built for a somewhat lower social stratum and is dominated by Foursquare houses. Seventeen modern houses do not contribute to the district's character, and one lot is vacant.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Frank W. Darling (developer/builder of several houses); other builders named in the inventory include R.H. Jackson, James Sclater, W.W. Richardson, R.F. Slaughter and Joseph B. Brittingham","architectural_style":"Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, American Foursquare","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is marked excellent, with the district both altered and unaltered. Most buildings are occupied private residences, and there is one vacant lot.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.641084-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/9/6811/41681109/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/84000039.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000039/ea272e06c1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000039/ea272e06c1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:VICTORIA_BOULEVARD_HISTORIC_DISTRICT,_HAMPTON_VA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.</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:VICTORIA_BOULEVARD_HISTORIC_DISTRICT,_HAMPTON_VA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681109","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Boulevard_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16902672"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/hampton/victoria-boulevard-historic-district-84000039/"}