Fort Monroe National Monument

Fort Monroe National Monument is a park in , . Fort Monroe National Monument is situated nearby to the suburb , as well as near the neighborhood .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Quarters 1 and Fort Monroe Lighthouse.

Historic building
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, also known as Building 1, is a historic officer's quarters located at , . 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.

Lighthouse
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Old Point Comfort Light is a lighthouse located on the grounds of Fort Monroe in the Virginia portion of the . It is the second oldest light in the bay and the oldest still in use.

Museum
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fort Monroe and Phoebus.

Suburb
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is a former military installation in , at , the southern tip of the Virginia Peninsula, United States. It is currently managed by partnership between the Authority for the Commonwealth of Virginia, the National Park Service, and the city of Hampton as the National Monument.

Suburb
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is a formerly incorporated town now part of the present-day city of , on the Virginia Peninsula. In 1900, it was named in honor of local businessman Harrison , who is credited with convincing the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway to extend its tracks to the town from Newport News.

Neighborhood
In the seventeenth century, was the name of the settlement now known as . 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. is situated 2½ miles west of Fort Monroe National Monument.

Fort Monroe National Monument

Latitude
37.00399° or 37° 0′ 14″ north
Longitude
-76.30739° or 76° 18′ 27″ west
Elevation
10 feet (3 metres)
Open location code
87952M3V+H2
Geo­Names ID
8125525
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