HPC Library

Documents & Links

• Survey of Historic Architecture Sites, Structures, and Districts [5.2 MB]
• The Kit House in Southeastern Virginia [18 MB]
• Preserving Our Past, Protecting Our Future: An Assessment of Archaeological Resources in the City of Chesapeake, Virginia (1999) [52 MB]
• Reconnaissance and Intensive Survey of Architectural Resources in the City of Chesapeake, Virginia (1999) [23 MB]
• Northwest River Basin Rural Historic District Preliminary Information Form [3.2 MB]
• Northwest River Basin Cost Share Survey [30.4 MB]
• African American Historic Resources
• Reconnaissance Survey of City of Chesapeake 1987
• Virginia Department of Historic Resources [LINK to website]
  
• Earthwork Fort at Jolliff Road 
• Chesapeake Historic Structures (n.d.) by Chesapeake Fine Arts Commission 
• Chesapeake Historic Structures (1989) by Norfolk County Historical Society 
• Historic Bridge Report (2019) by Wayne Mortimer 
• South Norfolk Historic and Cultural Preservation Overlay District Design and Procedural Guidelines (2016 Edition) 
•  Survey Update of Architectural Resources within the Rural Overlay District of Chesapeake, Virginia (2013)  [20 MB]

Videos

• VIDEO – Historic Sites of Chesapeake
  Learn about the historic sites across the city of Chesapeake. March 13, 2008
• VIDEO – Historic Preservation Month: Episode 1 - Southern Chesapeake
  Learn more about historic Southern Chesapeake. May 11, 2021
• VIDEO – Historic Preservation Month: Episode 2 -Great Bridge
  Learn more about historic Great Bridge. May 20, 2021
• VIDEO – Historic Preservation Month: Episode 3 - South Norfolk
  Learn more about historic South Norfolk. May 20, 2021
• VIDEO – Historic Preservation Month: Episode 4 - Western Branch
  Learn more about historic Western Branch. May 18, 2021
• VIDEO – Historic Preservation Month: Episode 5 - Deep Creek
  Learn more about historic Deep Creek. May 18, 2021
• VIDEO - Historic Preservation Month: Episode 6 - Cornland School
  Learn more about the Cornland School. May 28, 2021
• VIDEO - Historic Preservation Month: Episode 7 - Fun Throughout Chesapeake
  Join us for a fun history adventure! May 28, 2021
• VIDEO - Historic Preservation Month: Episode 8 - Owens-Melvin Historical Marker Dedication Ceremony
  Learn about Chesapeake's newest Historical Highway Marker in honor of Dr. Hugo Owens, former City Council member and civil rights leader! May 29, 2021