Wigwam Building

Wigwam Building is an university building in Hampton, Virginia. Wigwam Building is situated nearby to Hampton University Museum, as well as near the park Marine Point.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hampton University Museum and Hampton National Cemetery.

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 380 feet northwest of Wigwam Building.

Hampton National Cemetery

Cemetery

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Hampton National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery in the city of Hampton, Virginia. It encompasses 27.1 acres, and as of 2014, had over 30,000 interments. Hampton National Cemetery is situated 1,100 feet east of Wigwam Building.

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 2,100 feet northwest of Wigwam Building.

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

Quarter

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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 Wigwam Building.

Wigwam Building

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

37.02057° or 37° 1′ 14″ north

Longitude

-76.33844° or 76° 20′ 18″ west

Open location code

87952MC6+6J

OpenStreetMap ID

way 388346873

OpenStreetMap feature

building=university

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