{"nrhp_refnum":"84000044","name":"Hotel Warwick","other_names":["VHLC File No. 121-40"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"25th St. and West Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Newport News (Independent City)","county":"Newport News","state":"VA","lat":36.97691357800005,"lon":-76.43167774999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-10-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A seven-story brick hotel at the southeast corner of 25th Street and West Avenue in Newport News, Virginia, built in 1928 on the site of an earlier hotel of the same name, with a two-story rear addition from 1962.","why_significant":"It was the first skyscraper, first tower hotel and first fireproof hotel in Newport News, and is the city's only remaining example of eclectic commercial architecture of the 1920s and 1930s. It also housed military personnel and shipyard workers during World War II and is tied to the Old Dominion Land Company and the Huntington interests that shaped the city.","narrative":"Rising seven stories above the Newport News waterfront district, this brick hotel was completed in 1928 at 25th Street and West Avenue. It replaced an 1883 hotel of the same name built by the Old Dominion Land Company, a firm founded by railroad magnate Collis P. Huntington. Dark red brick is trimmed with terra cotta, and its Gothic and Art Deco details include a lancet-arched entrance, tracery-style parapet ribbons and a lobby resembling a small baronial hall. Construction was fireproof, using steel, hollow terra cotta floor arches and concrete. The building cost $350,000 and added seventy-two rooms. It was the city's first skyscraper, tower hotel and fireproof hotel. During World War II it housed military personnel and shipyard workers, and part of the second floor served as barracks. The architect is not documented, though local tradition names a Philadelphia firm. A 1962 rear addition followed a fire that destroyed an earlier wing. Few buildings from this era survive nearby.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific dates 1928, 1962)","architect_builder":"Architect unknown; design attributed locally to the firm of Ralph Bencker of Philadelphia. Built by the Old Dominion Land Company.","architectural_style":"Eclectic commercial style of the 1920s and 1930s, combining Gothic Revival/Tudor Revival and Art Deco elements","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as in good condition, altered, with work in progress; the form records commercial use and notes the original window sashes were removed and the plumbing system is no longer fully operational.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.502181-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/79/6820/41682079/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/84000044.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000044/3d13efa2b6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000044/3d13efa2b6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Joseph Sullivan","credit_html":"Joseph Sullivan, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hotel_Warwick_(Front_Left).JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100009200","name":"Newport News Downtown Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/newport-news-downtown-historic-district-100009200/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682079","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_Warwick","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16845009"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/newport-news/hotel-warwick-84000044/"}