Seaboard Coastline Building

1 High St., Portsmouth (Independent city), Virginia. County/parish: Portsmouth.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 10, 1985. NRIS 85003129.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Old City Hall

From Wikipedia:

Seaboard Coastline Building

Seaboard Coastline Building, also known as Old City Hall, is a historic train station located at Portsmouth, Virginia. The original section was built in 1894-1895 by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad. It is a six-story brick and concrete structure, with the 4th and 5th floors added in 1914. The front facade features a distinctive half-round or semicylindrical profile intended to recall the imagery of the streamlined locomotives of the late-19th century. The building served as the northern terminus and office headquarters of the Seaboard Air Line until 1958.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682584

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