Yes, the houses are still there and still being maintained by the Navy.
They're 'historic' structures now and it's not likely that they will
ever be torn down. By the by, Admirals and Generals still live in the
Houses..
Regards,
Bonnie Capito
Librarian & Records Manager
NAVFAC Atlantic Environmental
6506 Hampton Blvd
Norfolk, VA 23508
757 322-4785
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From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Randy Cabell
Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 11:16
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Subject: Re: Photos of Jamestown 1907 Exposition
Thank you Bruce and Ed Terrell for suggestions. But I must admit that
from the vantage point of several hundred miles from Tidewater, it is
daunting for me to even think about trying to find the right building
(or even get
on?) the Naval Base at Norfolk. But we are going to be in Hampton this
weekend for Christening of a granddaughter, so I shall inquire.
Your notes about the "Pennsylvania Building" and Admiral's row brings
back fond, though distant memories. My father was army liason officer
with the Fifth Naval District during most of WWII and we lived on the
base. I well remember Admiral's row, and the PA house was the officers
club. I played on the golf course in front of Admiral's row, and recall
40mm antiaircraft guns
around the perimeter of the golf course. YE GODS!!!!! 40mm!!!!!!!
Those
things could only shoot a few thousand yards, so I don't know where they
expected swarms of Stukas to originate. Years later, I went to graduate
business school with a guy who served in the Navy there as some sort of
base maintenance officer. That was in the middle 1950's. He reported
how very difficult it was to keep those big houses functioning, since
they had been built only to survive the 1907 exposition, but were still
housing admirals 50 years later. It is now 100 years later. Are they
still there, or perhaps completely rebuilt?
Randy Cabell - Master at strolls down memory lane(s)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Terrell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 10:25 AM
Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] Photos of Jamestown 1907 Exposition
>I believe that the Hampton Roads Naval Museum at Nauticus in Norfolk
>has a collection pertaining to the 1907 Jamestown Exposition. The
>Exposition grounds served as the foundation of the Norfolk seaplane
>base and later naval base at Sewell's Point. I briefly served as
>archaeologist and ass't. curator there in the 1980s when the museum
>was located in the Pennsylvania building. All of the buildings on
>todays "Admiral's Row" were Exposition buildings.
> Bruce Terrell
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jon Kukla <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Thursday, May 4, 2006 9:21 am
> Subject: Re: Photos of Jamestown 1907 Exposition
>
>> Have you searched the Library of Virginia website catalogue? Virginia
>> Historical Society website catalogue - or checked with the
>> Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation?
>>
>> > Things are falling into place for my Jamestown projects. Thanks
>> to the
>> > Library of Virginia, I have six outstanding color covers of piano
>> music,> and will put them into a package with the music itself.
>> >
>> > Dr. David Diggs at Lehich University will make a CD of music from
>> > celebrations of 1807, 1907, and 2007 (the latter so far is only
>> my march
>> > THE TRUMPETER OF JAMESTOWN). And that brings up a question.
>> >
>> > We would like to put some appropriate picture on the cover,
>> probably of
>> > the 1907 celebration. I have one and have seen a second book on
>> > the Exposition, and there are a wealth of photos in both. Can
>> anybody tell me
>> > where those photos reside, and if I can browse through them and
>> see if
>> > there is a good one for the CD jacket?
>> >
>> > Also I would appreciate any other suggestions for a color
>> painting or such
>> > which might be appropriate for jacket.
>> >
>> > I have completed a one-page FANFARES for THE TRUMPTER OF
>> JAMESTOWN and
>> > shall be glad to mail it to anybody who needs (or just wants) some
>> > fanfares which are typical of that time, and who knows.... part
>> of which
>> > may have been played by that elusive trumpeter.
>> >
>> > Randy Cabell
>> >
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>> >
>>
>>
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