Katherine House

Katherine House is an university building in Hampton, Virginia. Katherine House is situated nearby to Hampton University Museum, as well as near the park Braddock Monument.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hampton University Museum and Virginia Air and Space Science Center.

Hampton University Museum

Museum

Founded in 1868 on the campus of Hampton University, the Hampton University Museum is the oldest African-American museum in the United States and the oldest museum in Virginia. Hampton University Museum is situated 750 feet east of Katherine House.

Virginia Air and Space Science Center

Museum

Photo: NASA, Public domain.

The Virginia Air and Space Science Center is a museum and educational facility in Hampton, Virginia that also serves as the visitors center for NASA's Langley Research Center and Langley Air Force Base. Virginia Air and Space Science Center is situated 1,300 feet northwest of Katherine House.

Buckroe Beach Carousel

Carousel

Photo: Jinkster1313, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Buckroe Beach Carousel, also known as Philadelphia Toboggan Company Number Fifty and the Hampton Carousel, is a historic carousel operated by the Hampton History Museum in Hampton, Virginia. Buckroe Beach Carousel is situated 1,200 feet north of Katherine House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kecoughtan and Phoebus.

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.

Phoebus

Suburb

Photo: Kubigula, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

Fort Monroe

Suburb

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. Fort Monroe is situated 2 miles southeast of Katherine House.

Katherine House

Type: University building
Address: Hampton, 23669
Categories: building and education
Location: Hampton, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.02088° or 37° 1′ 15″ north

Longitude

-76.34202° or 76° 20′ 31″ west

Open location code

87952MC5+95

OpenStreetMap ID

way 388346840

OpenStreetMap feature

building=university

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