Fun with Local History

The History of the Old Dominion Land Company and

the City of Newport News, Virginia

Old Dominion Land Company Records

• 1979 John Marshall Dozier, Jr. donated the Old Dominion Land Company to the City of Newport News, Virginia

• 1981 The documents were organized and cleaned with a grant by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission

• 65 Boxes of documents measured at 47 linear feet and 775 Maps and Blueprints

Equipment Used for Old Dominion Land Company

Projects

• Epson Expression 10000XL Scanner

• Northeast Document Conservation Center Digitally Imaged 300 maps

• Online Digital Library Produced and Managed on CONTENTdm

Presidents of the Old Dominion Land Company

• Collis P. Huntington• Calvin B. Orcutt• Walter A. Post• Walter B. Livezey• John Marshall Dozier

Collis P. Huntington1821-1900

Charter for the Old Dominion Land Company (Handwritten)October 15, 1880

Old Dominion Land Company Charter Application-Typed

October 15, 1880

Old Dominion Land Company Charter ApplicationPage 2

Old Dominion Land Company Charter History

First Board of Directors and Officers

Old Dominion Land CompanySecond Superintendent

McLean MapApril 24, 1881

Documentation of Farm Land Purchased for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company

July 1, 1882

Hotel Warwick April 11, 1883

Hotel WarwickDining Room

Hotel Warwick DimensionsPage 1

Hotel Warwick DimensionsPage 2

Notation of Sale of Land and Stock to Collis P. Huntington for the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company

October 21, 1897

Land Price Comparison 1885 and 1900

Petition Against the Incorporation of Newport News as a City

The Peninsula in 1896

Old Dominion Pier or Pier ABuilt between 1900 and 1909

(Best Guess)

Newport News Light and Water Company Letter

February 13, 1917

Property Acquired for the U.S. Government During

World War I1917-1919

World War I Properties, cont.

Letter from Homer L. Ferguson to the Old Dominion Land Company, March 3, 1919

Donation of land for a Public Library1926

All Water Company Property Sold to City of Newport News, June 30, 1926 for $2.365 Million Dollars. (89

Page Deed)

Huntington Heights DevelopmentJuly 30, 1926

Huntington Heights Second Addition

Old Dominion Land Company’s Last Land Transaction in Records

August 9, 1948

The End of the Old Dominion Land Company

• The Old Dominion Land Company sold most of it’s last income producing properties by the end of 1939

• The Old Dominion Land Company ceased all operations by the end of 1948

Newport News History Online

• Virginiana Room Page on the Newport News Public Library System Web Site http://www.nngov.com/library/resources/varoom

• Old Dominion Land Company Map Collection online http://cdm15904.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/

• Old Dominion Land Company and the Development of the City of Newport News, Virginia (Online Exhibit) http://cdm15904.contentdm.oclc.org/ui/custom/default/collection/default/resources/custompages/odlcexhibit/index/index.html

Presented By

Gregg GrunowLibrarian

Martha Woodroof Hiden Memorial Collection

Virginiana RoomNewport News Public Library System

757-591-4858ggrunow@nngov.com