Ghent
Ghent is a neighborhood in Norfolk, Virginia. Ghent is situated nearby to the neighborhood Park Place Historic District, as well as near the quarter Downtown.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include USS Wisconsin and Chrysler Museum of Art.
USS Wisconsin
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
USS Wisconsin is an Iowa-class battleship built for the United States Navy in the 1940s and is currently a museum ship. Completed in 1944, the ship was assigned to the Pacific Theater during World War II, where she participated in the Philippines campaign and the Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
Chrysler Museum of Art
Museum
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The Chrysler Museum of Art is an art museum on the border between downtown and the Ghent district of Norfolk, Virginia. The museum was founded in 1933 as the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Park Place Historic District and Huntersville.
Park Place Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
Park Place is a neighborhood in the western half of Norfolk, Virginia. Its boundaries are roughly Granby Street on the east, Colley Avenue on the west, 23rd Street on the south and up to 38th Street to the north.
Huntersville
Neighborhood
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Huntersville is a historic neighborhood in Norfolk, Virginia. It is located near downtown Norfolk. One of Norfolk's "most intact settlements remaining from the late 19th century," Huntersville "is unique because it was not planned by a company or commission, but developed over time."…
Riverview Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
The Riverview Historic District is a national historic district located at Norfolk, Virginia. It encompasses 200 contributing buildings in a primarily residential section of Norfolk. Riverview Historic District is situated 1½ miles northeast of Ghent.
Ghent
- Type: Neighborhood
- Categories: residential area and locality
- Location: Norfolk, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
36.86397° or 36° 51′ 50″ northLongitude
-76.29394° or 76° 17′ 38″ westOpen location code
8785VP74+HCOpenStreetMap ID
way 822804994OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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