Hampton National Guard Armory

The Hampton National Guard Armory is a history military facility at 504 North King Street in . A large brick building with Moderne styling, it was built in 1936 with funding support from the New Deal-era Works Progress Administration, and is one of the few surviving armories built in the inter-war period in coastal Virginia.
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Photo: KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Historic building
  • Description: historic building in Hampton, Virginia, United States
  • Also known as: “The Hampton National Guard Armory (historical)”
  • Address: 504 North King Street, Hampton, 23669
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hampton Roads Transit and Virginia Air and Space Science Center.

Bus station
is the regional public transit provider for metropolitan area, including the cities of , Virginia Beach, , , , , , and the town of . is situated 410 feet southwest of Hampton National Guard Armory.

Museum
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
The is a museum and educational facility in that also serves as the visitors center for NASA's and Langley Air Force Base. is situated 2,700 feet south of Hampton National Guard Armory.

Church
Photo: Nondscript, Public domain.
St. John's is an Episcopal church located in , United States, within the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia. Established in 1610, St. John's is the oldest English-speaking parish in continuous existence in the United States of America. is situated 1,900 feet south of Hampton National Guard Armory.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kecoughtan and Phoebus.

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.

Suburb
Photo: Kubigula, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. is situated 1½ miles southeast of Hampton National Guard Armory.

Suburb
is a in , along the water's edge of , at the end of Virginia's Lower Peninsula. It is named after one of the signers of the United States Declaration of Independence, George . is situated 2½ miles southwest of Hampton National Guard Armory.

Hampton National Guard Armory

Latitude
37.03125° or 37° 1′ 53″ north
Longitude
-76.34538° or 76° 20′ 43″ west
Open location code
87952MJ3+GR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 388470484
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­building
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q42723587
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