Crawford Bay
The peaceful waters of Crawford Bay play host each year to a number of boating events including the Cock Island Race and the Crawford Bay Crew Classic. The homes visible across the inlet are in a neighborhood called Swimming Point.
One of the few eighteenth-century manor houses remaining in Hampton Roads, the Dale-Reed House, is located in Swimming Point. The family of Revolutionary War hero Richard Dale once lived in this home. Although modernized, the home still has sections of what is probably the oldest house in Portsmouth.
Marker is on Crawford Parkway east of Court Street, on the right when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
