Victoria Boulevard Historic District

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.