Norfolk Audio Walking Tour

Highlights

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  USS Wisconsin

  Your eyes meet the USS Wisconsin (BB-64), an Iowa-class battleship built for the United States Navy in the 1940s and preserved today as a museum ship. Completed in 1944, she served in the Pacific Theater, taking part in the Philippines campaign and the Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, and she shelled the Japanese home islands shortly before the war ended in September 1945.

• Norfolk State University

  A public historically black university, Norfolk State University, spreads out in front of you here in Norfolk, Virginia. It is a member of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and of the Virginia High‑Tech Partnership.

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  MacArthur Memorial

  Three buildings on MacArthur Square in Norfolk make up the MacArthur Memorial, a memorial, museum, and research center about the life of General Douglas MacArthur. Though MacArthur never lived in Norfolk, his mother, Mary Pinkney "Pinky" Hardy MacArthur, was born and raised here, and he kept fond memories of visiting her family home, Riveredge, as a boy.

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  Norfolk Scope

  Norfolk Scope, the multi-function complex in Norfolk, Virginia, spreads out ahead of you. Its centerpiece is the 11,000-seat Scope Arena, flanked by Chrysler Hall, a 2,500-seat theater, a 65,000-square-foot modular exhibition hall and a 600-car parking garage.

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  Eastern Virginia Medical School

  Eastern Virginia Medical School, part of the Macon and Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University, spreads its campus out around where you are. This public medical school in Norfolk is operated by Old Dominion University and was born of grassroots efforts across the southeastern part of Virginia known as Hampton Roads.

All 25 stops

• Town Point Park (Downtown Norfolk)

  Picture seven acres of parkland opening onto the Elizabeth River in Norfolk, Virginia: Town Point Park.

• Nauticus (Downtown Norfolk)

  Notice the maritime-themed science center and museum rising along the downtown waterfront in Norfolk, Virginia — Nauticus, also known as the National Maritime Center.

• USS Wisconsin (Norfolk)

  Your eyes meet the USS Wisconsin (BB-64), an Iowa-class battleship built for the United States Navy in the 1940s and preserved today as a museum…

• Wisconsin Square (Elizabeth River waterfront)

  Wisconsin Square is a small park on Norfolk, Virginia's Elizabeth River waterfront, directly opposite the berth of the USS Wisconsin museum ship.

• Hampton Roads Naval Museum (Downtown Norfolk)

  Here in downtown Norfolk, Virginia, the Hampton Roads Naval Museum shares its home with Nauticus, one of ten Navy museums operated by the Naval History…

• Waterside (Downtown Norfolk)

  Beside the Elizabeth River in Downtown Norfolk, Virginia, you have reached the Waterside District, an entertainment complex.

• MacArthur Center (Norfolk)

  MacArthur Center, the shopping mall in front of you, was built by Taubman Centers and has been owned by the City of Norfolk since August…

• MacArthur Memorial (MacArthur Square)

  Three buildings on MacArthur Square in Norfolk make up the MacArthur Memorial, a memorial, museum, and research center about the life of General Douglas MacArthur.

• Old Norfolk City Hall (Norfolk)

  Old Norfolk City Hall, also known as the Seaboard Building and U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, rises in front of you.

• Saint Paul's Episcopal Church (Norfolk)

  Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, known also as Borough Church, greets you here in Norfolk, Virginia.

• Basilica of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Norfolk (downtown Norfolk)

  Locals call the church in front of you the Black Basilica; its full name is the Minor Basilica of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception.

• Wells Theater (Downtown Norfolk)

  Welcome to the Wells Theatre, a performing arts venue in downtown Norfolk, where you have just arrived.

• Monticello Arcade (Downtown Norfolk)

  Built in 1907 on land leased from the Selden Grandy Estate, the Monticello Arcade is the historic shopping arcade you now face in Norfolk.

• Dominion Tower (Downtown Norfolk)

  Dominion Tower, the 26-story, 403,276-square-foot building in Downtown Norfolk, towers over you.

• Chrysler Hall (Downtown Norfolk)

  Chrysler Hall, Norfolk's premier performing arts venue, is the building you are facing here in the downtown section of the city.

• Norfolk Scope (Downtown Norfolk)

  Norfolk Scope, the multi-function complex in Norfolk, Virginia, spreads out ahead of you.

• Hunter House Victorian Museum (Historic Freemason District)

  Tucked into Norfolk's Historic Freemason District, the Hunter House Victorian Museum awaits you.

• Kenmure (West Freemason District)

  At 420 West Bute Street in Norfolk's West Freemason District, you have arrived at Kenmure, also known as the William Lamb House, an urban antebellum…

• Willoughby-Baylor House (Norfolk)

  This historic home in Norfolk, Virginia, is the Willoughby–Baylor House, right in front of you.

• Allmand-Archer House (West Freemason Street Area Historic District)

  Number 327 Duke Street, in the West Freemason Street Area Historic District of Norfolk, is the Allmand–Archer House, the compact historic home you see here.

• Fort Norfolk (Norfolk)

  Fort Norfolk, a historic fort and national historic district in Norfolk, Virginia, is where you have arrived.

• Eastern Virginia Medical School (Norfolk)

  Eastern Virginia Medical School, part of the Macon and Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University, spreads its campus out around where you…

• Chrysler Museum of Art (Ghent)

  Poised on the border between downtown and the Ghent district of Norfolk, the Chrysler Museum of Art opens its doors to you.

• Ghent (Ghent)

  You have entered the Ghent District, a historic neighborhood in Norfolk that comprises Ghent, West Ghent, and Ghent Square.

• Norfolk State University (Corprew Avenue)

  A public historically black university, Norfolk State University, spreads out in front of you here in Norfolk, Virginia.

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