Casemate Museum
Casemate Museum is a museum in Hampton, Virginia. Casemate Museum is situated nearby to the lighthouse Old Point Light, as well as near the historic building Quarters 1.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Hampton, Virginia, US
- Also known as: “Casemate Museum of Fort Monroe”
- Address: Hampton, VA 23651
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Old Point Light and Quarters 1.
Old Point Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Old Point Comfort Light is a lighthouse located on the grounds of Fort Monroe in the Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Bay. It is the second oldest light in the bay and the oldest still in use. Old Point Light is situated 890 feet east of Casemate Museum.
Quarters 1
Historic building
Photo: Amandajollota, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Quarters 1, also known as Building 1, is a historic officer's quarters located at Fort Monroe, Hampton, Virginia. The original section was built in 1819, and consists of a three-story, central block, double pile residence with flanking, two-story wings in the Federal style. Quarters 1 is situated 1,400 feet northeast of Casemate Museum.
American Theater
Building
Photo: KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0.
American Theater is a building, which is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Casemate Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort Monroe and Phoebus.
Fort Monroe
Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Fort Monroe is a former military installation in Hampton, Virginia, at Old Point Comfort, the southern tip of the Virginia Peninsula, United States. It is currently managed by partnership between the Fort Monroe Authority for the Commonwealth of Virginia, the National Park Service, and the city of Hampton as the Fort Monroe National Monument.
Phoebus
Suburb
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Phoebus is a formerly incorporated town now part of the present-day city of Hampton, Virginia, on the Virginia Peninsula. In 1900, it was named in honor of local businessman Harrison Phoebus, who is credited with convincing the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway to extend its tracks to the town from Newport News.
Kecoughtan
Neighborhood
In the seventeenth century, Kecoughtan was the name of the settlement now known as Hampton, Virginia. In the early twentieth century, it was also the name of a town nearby in Elizabeth City County. It was annexed into the City of Newport News in 1927. Kecoughtan is situated 2 miles northwest of Casemate Museum.
Casemate Museum
- Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Hampton, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.00198° or 37° 0′ 7″ northLongitude
-76.30949° or 76° 18′ 34″ westElevation
16 feet (5 metres)Operator
Fort Monroe AuthorityOpen location code
87952M2R+Q6OpenStreetMap ID
way 388341703OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumGeoNames ID
4751237Wikidata ID
Q112948903
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