Whittle House, 225 West Freemason Street, Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia

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Whittle House, 225 West Freemason Street, Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia

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Summary

Significance: The Whittle House is a rare example of a late eighteenth-century town house. Although few town houses survive in modern-day Norfolk, the Whittle House and the nearby Moses Myers House exhibit a quality of construction and finesse in design suggestive of their occupants' refinement as well as the cultural breadth of the city.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-8
Survey number: HABS VA-11-15
Building/structure dates: ca. 1791 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71001059

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Date

1933 - 1970
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Taylor, James
Cooper, Mr
Whittle, William Conway
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Location

Meadowbrook36.85077, -76.28587
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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