Newport News Point

… Named in His Honor

Preface: Newport News was a small community located in Warwick County until late in the 19th century. Established as a town in 1880, it was incorporated as a city in 1896. Warwick County, one of the ...

Newport Village Historic District

Situated in the township of Boardman and developed in the 1920s, Newport Village was one of Youngstown's earliest automobile accessible suburban developments. The twenty four and a half acre district is comprised of Jennette Drive, Chester Drive, seven lots on ...

Christopher Newport Cross / Canal Walk

Richmond Riverfront

Christopher Newport Cross

On May 24, 1607, Captain Christopher Newport and a party of explorers who had landed at Jamestown just days earlier arrived at the site of modern-day Richmond. Hoping to find a passage to the Pacific, they found ...

Christopher Newport Monument

Capt. Christopher Newport

John Smith

Gabriel Archer

Hon. George Percy

With gentlemen, mariners, soldiers numbering twenty-one explored James River to the falls, and set up a cross

Whitsunday, May 24th 1607

This monument is presented to the City of Richmond by the Association for the Preservation ...

Dorothy & Newport News Shipbuilding

The 90-foot tugboat Dorothy, Hull Number One, was delivered by Newport News Shipbuilding in 1891. As Dorothy plied her trade over the next 73 years, her reputation for dependability became a maritime legend. The little tugboat was recognized as a ...

Newport News

Launched by Newport News Shipbuilding during its centennial year – 1986 - as attribute to the company and city in which it stands, USS Newport News is the 17th Los Angeles-class submarine built by the Shipyard, the lead yard for ...

Newport News

This area was first referred to a "Newportes Newes" as early as 1619, and the first known English settler lived here in 1621. Several Civil War engagements took place here including the Battle of the Ironclads and the 1862 Peninsula ...

Newport News Victory Arch

1917 VICTORY 1918

Greetings with love to those who return

A triumph with tears to those who sleep

Marker is at the intersection of West Avenue and 25th Street on West Avenue.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Newport Covered Bridge

County commissioners ordered (1885) as link across Little Vermillion River at Newport & Quaker Point Free Gravel Road. Built 1885 by Joseph J. Daniels, Rockville: Burr truss design, 180 foot span, sandstone abutments. Floor replaced, 1984. Listed in National Register ...

Newport Academy

Emily Ward established the Newport Academy about 1845 to provide educational opportunities for area children. Miss Ward was a niece of Samuel Ward, the founder of Newport (now Marine City), and the sister of Eber Brock Ward, a shipping magnate ...