Poplar Hall (Norfolk, Virginia)

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Poplar Hall
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Location400 Stuart Cir., Norfolk, Virginia
Coordinates 36°50′44″N76°12′41″W / 36.84556°N 76.21139°W / 36.84556; -76.21139 Coordinates: 36°50′44″N76°12′41″W / 36.84556°N 76.21139°W / 36.84556; -76.21139
Area1.3 acres (0.53 ha)
Builtc. 1760 (1760)
Architectural styleGeorgian
NRHP reference No. 97001402 [1]
VLR No.122-0045
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 7, 1997
Designated VLRMarch 19, 1997 [2]

Poplar Hall is a historic plantation house located at Norfolk, Virginia. It was built about 1760, and is a two-story, five-bay, Georgian style brick dwelling. It is covered with a slate gable roof and has interior end chimneys. It features a central one-bay dwarf portico and a low, hipped roof topped by a three-bay cupola. Both entrances are sheltered by a dwarf portico. A one-story brick wing was added about 1860, a frame addition in 1955, and a one-story frame wing in 1985. Also on the property is a contributing dairy. The house was built for Thurmer Hoggard, a planter and ship's carpenter who developed a private shipyard on the site. [3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Kahler (January 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Poplar Hall" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo