Poplar Hall, Norfolk

Name: Poplar Hall
Address: Norfolk, United States

#92 among attractions in Norfolk

Georgian architecture

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Poplar Hall is a historic plantation house located at Norfolk, Virginia. It was built about 1760, and is a two-story, five-bay, Georgian style brick dwelling. It is covered with a slate gable roof and has interior end chimneys. It features a central one-bay dwarf portico and a low, hipped roof topped by a three-bay cupola. Both entrances are sheltered by a dwarf portico. A one-story brick wing was added about 1860, a frame addition in 1955, and a one-story frame wing in 1985. Also on the property is a contributing dairy. The house was built for Thurmer Hoggard, a planter and ship's carpenter who developed a private shipyard on the site. ()

Built: 1760 (265 years ago)Coordinates: 36°50'44"N, 76°12'41"W

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Poplar HallsNorfolk United States

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Poplar Hall – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Military Circle Mall, Norfolk Premium Outlets, Bethany Baptist Church, First Calvary Baptist Church.

0.5 miNE
Shopping, Shopping centre
Military Circle Mall, Norfolk
14 min walk • Military Circle Mall, known as The Gallery at Military Circle Mall from 2002 to 2015, is an enclosed shopping mall in Norfolk, Virginia. The mall opened in 1970. In October 2016 the Virginia Beach City Council rejected plans for an oceanfront arena.
2.6 miN
Shopping, Shopping centre
Norfolk Premium Outlets, Hampton
66 min walk • Norfolk Premium Outlets is an American outlet shopping complex located in Norfolk, Virginia on U.S. Route 13 near the interchange with Interstate 64. Developed by Simon Property Group and built by Cleveland Construction, the facility opened June 29, 2017, at the site of the old Lake Wright Golf Course, after one year of construction.
3.5 miSW
Church
Bethany Baptist Church, Chesapeake
91 min walk • Bethany Baptist Church of South Norfolk, Virginia is a prominent Black church in Hampton Roads, Virginia. Founded in the late 1950s to early 1960s, it has since had a major influence on the local black community and others. It has become one of the largest churches in the Hampton Roads area.
3.7 miW
Church
First Calvary Baptist Church, Norfolk
96 min walk • First Calvary Baptist Church is a historic African-American Baptist church located in Norfolk, Virginia. It was built in 1915 and 1916 and is a four-story, 11 bay, brick church building in the Second Renaissance Revival style.
0.9 miN
Shopping, Shopping centre
JANAF Shopping Center, Norfolk
25 min walk • The JANAF Shopping Yard, commonly known as JANAF, is a suburban shopping mall in Norfolk, Virginia. Opening in 1959, it was one of the first large suburban shopping centers in the United States.
3.4 miW
Church
St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Norfolk
88 min walk • St. Peter's Episcopal Church, now known as The New Saint James Holiness Church of Christ Disciples, is a historic Episcopal church in Norfolk, Virginia, United States.
3.1 miSE
Area
Kempsville, Virginia Beach
80 min walk • Kempsville is a borough in the City of Virginia Beach, Virginia, a historic section with origins in US colonial times located in the former Princess Anne County.
2 miSW
Church
Laurel Avenue Church of Christ, Chesapeake
51 min walk • Laurel Avenue Church of Christ is a Non-Denomination church belonging to the Restoration Movement Churches of Christ/Christian Churches located in Chesapeake, Virginia.
1.5 miE
Cemetery
Woodlawn Memorial Gardens, Norfolk
38 min walk • Woodlawn Memorial Gardens is a cemetery located in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. Established as a private, family owned cemetery in 1958, Woodlawn Memorial Gardens encompasses seventy-five acres of land, 40 of which are undeveloped, at the Norfolk and Virginia Beach borders in...
2 miSW
Neighbourhood, Colonial revival architecture
Oaklette, Chesapeake
51 min walk • Oaklette Historic District is a national historic district located at Chesapeake, Virginia. The district encompasses 30 contributing buildings and 1 contributing object in an early-20th century planned streetcar suburb of Norfolk, Virginia.
3 miSE
Georgian architecture
Pleasant Hall, Virginia Beach
76 min walk • Pleasant Hall is a historic home located in Kempsville section of Virginia Beach, Virginia. Built in 1769, it is a two-story, five bay, double pile Georgian style brick dwelling. It is topped by a shallow gable roof and has two wide interior-end chimney stacks with corbeled caps.