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Fun with Local History The History of the Old Dominion Land Company and the City of Newport News, Virginia

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Fun with Local History

The History of the Old Dominion Land Company and

the City of Newport News, Virginia

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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

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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

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Presidents of the Old Dominion Land Company

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

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Collis P. Huntington1821-1900

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

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Old Dominion Land Company Charter Application-Typed

October 15, 1880

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Old Dominion Land Company Charter ApplicationPage 2

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Old Dominion Land Company Charter History

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First Board of Directors and Officers

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Old Dominion Land CompanySecond Superintendent

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McLean MapApril 24, 1881

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

July 1, 1882

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Hotel Warwick April 11, 1883

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Hotel WarwickDining Room

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Hotel Warwick DimensionsPage 1

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Hotel Warwick DimensionsPage 2

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

October 21, 1897

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Land Price Comparison 1885 and 1900

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Petition Against the Incorporation of Newport News as a City

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The Peninsula in 1896

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Old Dominion Pier or Pier ABuilt between 1900 and 1909

(Best Guess)

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Newport News Light and Water Company Letter

February 13, 1917

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Property Acquired for the U.S. Government During

World War I1917-1919

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World War I Properties, cont.

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

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Donation of land for a Public Library1926

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

Page Deed)

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Huntington Heights DevelopmentJuly 30, 1926

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Huntington Heights Second Addition

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Old Dominion Land Company’s Last Land Transaction in Records

August 9, 1948

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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

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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

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Presented By

Gregg GrunowLibrarian

Martha Woodroof Hiden Memorial Collection

Virginiana RoomNewport News Public Library System

[email protected]