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TYPE b.LL ENTRIES -- COI"v7PLETE ADPLICABLE SEC-rIO;\iC .---..-- - r -,-~: ' & N M E -

HIS-ORIC .-Iiilton Village His to r ic D i s t r i c t " ( l i s t e d on National Regis ter a s EiiLton Vi;.',a:e)

A';0(3R COhlhlON

NATIONAL ? A R K SERVICE

FIil+on Vil lage Ristor'ic D i s t r i c t .- @ j $ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ E l o u ~ h l ~ t h e a rea bound on t h e nor% by Wartrick 30i:lzvz-3: on t h e east .r.:

STR:ET& NU,,?BER Hopkins S t r ee t ; on t h e south by iiiver Road; zni c : ';he -*-c-'i bp ??st

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Xewport News - VICINITY OF :--Paul S. VL?iXie - : ~- STATE CODE COUNTY COJT

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CATEGORY . O'NNERSHIP' STATUS =?ISTRICT XPUBLIC X_OCCVPIED

-BUILDING!SI XPRIVATE -UNCCCUPIED * -CTRUCTURE -BOTH . -WORK I N PROGSESS

-SITE PUBLIC ACQUISITION ACCESS!6 LE d

-CBI;CT -IN PROCESS =YES: RESTRICTED

-BEING CONSIDERED -YES: UNRESTR!CTED

-NO

FRESEPIT USE

-AGEICL .TURE -\Z?ISEUI.4

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. B~~~~~~~~ OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION WIURTHOUSE. PISISTRY OF ~ E T S . E T C . Clerk of Court

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PERiOD AREAS OF SiGNIFICANCE -- CHECK A N D JUSTIFY BEiOW

-PREHISTORIC A9CHEOL:,GY-PREHISTORlC %COMMUNITY PLANNING -LANDSCAPE ARCilITECTVRE -RELIGION

-1400 -1499 .-ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC -CONSERVATION -LAW -SCIENCE

A G R I C U L T U R E ' -ECONOMICS . -LITERATURE -SCULPTURE . . .

-1 500 -1 599

-1 600 -1 6 9 9 h~~~~~~~~~ h~ -EDUCATION -MILITARY -SOCIAUHUI*IANlTARiAN

-1700-1799 A R T -ENGINEERING -MUSIC -THEATER

-1 800 -1 8 9 9 -COMMERCE -EXPLORATION:SETTLiMENT -PHILOSOPHY -TRANSPORTATION - YLI 900- -COMMUNICATIONS -INDUSTRY -POLIT ICS IGOVER~~~ENT LOTH HER ISPECIFYI

-INVENTION Anericar, blnya of Life' (planned i n d u s t r i d comur.iticts)

Bui i e r : SPECIFIC CAT:: BUILDER/ARCHITECT &e;gcncy Fleet Corparati~n - -- - STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE k c h i t e c t : Henry V . Hubbard, t o m plenner ; Joseoh D . Ileland 111 and

Franc is y . . Joannes, a r ch i t ec t s ; and Frsnc is II. bulot , s&ni:sry engineer.

",The F i r s t Itorld war, " &&ording t o dist inguished arban schzlar Elakc! .\fcKelvey, "provided .an incent ive f o r t h e development of izz,srtent new rela t ionships" between t h e f ede ra l government, xunic ipzlit?.t?s, and pr iva te business .' No uhcre was th is b e t t e r i l l u s t r e t e d , segs historian Fgrke Rouse, Jr., than i n t h e construction of Iiilton V i l h g e , "the na t icn ' s f irst governmen+.-built .planned community .'I J o i n t l y pl.znizcd by the H n w p r t Mews Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Compzny and t h e United S ta tes S h i p ~ i n g Board, t h e $1.2 mi l l ion project ?;as designed t o ~ r o v i d e housing f o r t h e shipyerd's workers and was car r ied t o co:npletion by t h e board's construction wing, t h e Rnergency F l ee t Corporation between Thy, la;€! 2r.d t h e end of 1919,

Ei l ton Vil lage was t h e f irst of some 100 goverment financed and constructed housing pro jec t s during World War I. It ~.ms a l so the ~ z s t inportazt , becsuse, according t o l o c a l h i s to r i an Ruth H. Ch~~bbc-s, " ihe

i n i t i a l s t e p i n awakening Congress t o t h e alarming h o u s i ~ g shortaze and i t s r - h t i o n t o t h e mr e f f o r t , was undertaken by Eoxer L. F~S~JSG; , the% president of t h e Newport Xews Shipbuilding and Dry 20ck Company. -4s a d i r ec t r e s u l t of M r . Ferguson' s dramatic appearance before a Con,-ressiocsl committee i n January, 1918, t h e Federal agencies involired gradually esteb- l i s h e i an e A ~ a o r d i n a r y housing program of which Iiilton ViLlage niieht in ' e f f e c t , be i a l l e d t h e p i l o t project . "?

i i i l ton Vil lage was a l s o one of t h e f i r s t corn-rxnitiss i n t he n5:ion t o u t i l i z e t h e concept of "team planning" wherebj t t~al .;>.inrers, archi- tects, and esgineers worked jo in t l y t o ~ ~ o d u c e a unif ied p k n f o r ts:m deve2opent. "Because Hilton Village vas concel-re5 v i t h i r . t h e f rme~ro rk

-9Lke ?!cKelvey, The Emergence of ?detrouoliten h-erica, 192-5-1.60 (1iek- Erunswick, N. J . , 1968) , 23.

. - 2?arke souse, Jr., Endless Harbor: The S t o r y of P J c v ~ s r t ;;EVS (:::.;i_o:rt News, 1963), 53. . .

3 ~ ~ 1 t h ti. Zhanbers, Hilton Village, 1318-1968 (ii'etl~j3rt :;-vr: 155;7), 7-a.

(see c o n t i x i a t io11 sheet )

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c j 1131 13i 7 ,3 i 31 O,D] L$,o ,O I0 12 D ~ ~ A 17161~19,7 1171 1 4 1 a l c , ~ i 6 : 3 1 0 [ .. - VERBAL BOJEIDARY DLSCRIPTIOh

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LIST ALL STATES AND COUEiTIES FOR PROPERTIES O\'ERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BCUF13ARIES

SYATE C3DE COUNTY C 3 n E P-

S7A i i CODE C O i i N N CODE

NAME /.TITLE . .. Ral~:? J. Chriscizn, 20 jsc; CoordLnn53r, 1i::tionnl B i s t o r i c Len&.zrYs YJro.iect 0RGAN:ZATION DATE

h e l - i c z n Assoc in t i on fcr S t ~ t i t e end L x a l ~ ~ i s t ' o r ~ Juce 1979 C I l r r

STREET& NUb(BER TELEPilGNE

. 1400 Eigh=h Lvenue, S c ~ t h (€15 j 242-5553 CITY OR TOWN STATE

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THE E'JALUATED SIGNIFICP..iCE OFTHIS PROPEATY LVl iHIN THE STATE IS:

NATIONAL - STATE - LOCAL - --

As the designated Stare His:o:~c Preservation Ofi icei for ti le Nat~ona! histor ic Preservat~on Act c f 1 9 E G ( P u t , ~ c Law 32-665! . I hereby nominate :his pronerty for ~nclusion i n the Na.~onai Register and certify that it has been evaiunrec! e~;ord:ng to the

criteria and procedures set f3rth by the Nar~onal Park Service.

STAYE HIST0il;C PRESERV4T!Oh OFF!CER SiCtJATL'RE

TITLE DATE

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UNITED STATE; DiPARTMEhT OF THE INTERIC?

HERITAGE CONSEE\/ATION AND 2ECREATION SE?'.':ZE

:-;AT[O&gjT, REGISTER OF !=$!STQajC pLA3ES INvEMTQRy- NQpJfl$ATiOr$ FiaEM

CONTIMUATIOP? E:iEET H i l t ~ n 7 i l l c g e ITEM NUFbBER 7 PAGE two

c lose iy coincides wi th t h e boundary of E i l t o n V l l l s g e a t t 3 e t i n e i h a T h e r ~ s n c y Flc-st Corp3ration corple ted i-.; i n 1919.

5sucBsry Desr.:-i;,tion. As i n t i c a t e ? i n red on t h e ~ c c o ~ . p a n y i n s nsps ; ( 1 ) U.S.G.5. 7.2; S e r i e s , Vi rg in ia , IIerport Iiews PIsrth Qmd., 1965, phztcrz- 79se1i ?-970 and 1973; ( 2 ) I ? e ~ . ~ o r l ; mews Department of C i ty ?lzni?inz a:ld Cornunity Dc-relopent Sketch Fkp, ca. 1974, r ev i sed a t L A S M i 2 19791, E l i n e Leginzing on Clie curthzrr: edge of t h e right-of-xzy of River Ilcad a t a ~ o i n t a5jacen:; f-0 t h e .,restern edge c f Block 3, l o t 64 (47 Pos-2 s t r e e t ) 2nd cxtending soutncastwardly a?pproxinately 1 ,SC.O f e e t r l c n ~ t h e vestzrr . edges of 3iock 3, l o i s 64, 63, 62, 61, 60, 59, 58, 57, 56, :5, 54,

- , - 53, 52, 51, 49, 48, 47, 46, 45; alock 6 , l o t s 43, 42, 41, 40, .39, 32, J:, 36, 35, 34, 33, 30; and 2lock 6, l o t 24 (47 through 99 Post S t r e e t sr2 10405 and 10404 b!al-,rick Eo-devard inc lus ive ) t o t h e northern edge cf 3lock 6, l c t 24 (101:~4 kT~rwick %oule:.zrd) ; ti.er.ce, southexstmrdl;. ap;roxlz.z-lely 130 f e e t aiong t h e northern edges cf Elock 1, l o t s 24, 25, 26 (lOhC;: ; , k3402, end 10400 h'arvick 30ulevzi-d) t o t h e vesterr . edge of t h e r ight -cf - b-zy of Post S t r e e t ; thence, sou'uhwestbzrdly a p p r o x h z t e l y 25 fee-; ~ l s c i : - =,id - r i g h t - ~ f - : ~ a y t c r n unrrLar%ed point opposi te t h e southern edge ci^ t!:? right-sf-bay of e paved a l l e y ; thence, southeastwardiy a p p r o r i m t e l y :,TO0 f e e t along s a i d r ight-of-my t o t h e western edge of t h e rigkt-of-vrt:r of Hogkix S t r e e t ; thence, rout:?-ardly approximately 150 f e e t a l ~ n g saiL right-c:-way t o t h e cor the rn edge of t h c r ight -of -way of 1;Tzrvici; Bs5;Ie- vard; tkence , sou thear ;~~arCly epgroximately 200 f e e t clong snid r i g h t - of-my t o ~ r . u~3zr:red point 0 9 g ~ s i t e t h e nor thenst co-ner of Block 6, l o t 34 (10362 Ikrvick ~ o c l e ~ r a r c i ) ; t l ? e n c ~ , ~outh;~es$~:ardly a-,prc::ix.nS:ly

1 , 4 0 ~ f e e t t l s n g t h e e a s t e r n edges of Block 6, l o t s 34, 30, 2 3 , 2S, 27 , 26, 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 2.4, 16, 17, 16, 15, i.4, L 3 , 12, 11, 13, ?, 3, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3 , 2, und 1 (10362 1~7arwick Eoulevard and 44 .tbcouzh 1 G O iiopkiris S t r c e t i ~ c l u s i v e ) t o t h e northsrn edge of t h e 1-ight-of -t:a!r ~ 1 " River Road; thence, northwestknrdly approxlns te ly 1,700 f e e t elong ;;lid right--of-rray t o t h e point of beginning.

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board.-to present t h e shipyard 's plan t o provide b u s i n g fo r f i v e hun3red highly s k i l l e d workers and t h e i r famil ies . Under t he terms of h i s pro- posal, t h e coapany would purchase t h e land and supervise i t s developz.t?nt i f t h e goverment agreed t o pay ' the cos t s of development and cor.struction . On Januiry 11, 1918, the board voiced i ts approval of the project which eveiltually became Hi l ton Vi l lage, appropriated $1.2 mi l l i cn t o f inance It, and plzced i t s construct ion i n t h e h n d s of t h e Emergency F lee t Ccr- p r a t i o n .

With t h e f i nanc i a l question s e t t l e d , planning f o r t he project entered i t s f i n a l p:haoe. Although Leland soon l e f t t o t ake a goverm.ent job, h i s posi t ion as a r c h i t e c t was capably f i l l e d by Francis Y. Josnnes, w b along with Leland and Bulot had completed t h e i r plan f o r Bi l ton Villsge by t he spring of 1918. These three individuals and t h e i r s t a f f s f i r s t thnrou~. i ly analyzed shipyard p y r o l l s t o deternine vhat enployees could a f ford t o spend f o r housing and came up with a range of $25-35 monthly. They then interviewed workers' wives t o l e a rn t h e i r preferences a s t o house s i z e end type, and eventual ly t hey developed four teen var ia t ions . F i m l l ~ , they sonducted a cos t ana ly s i s incorporating t h i s da t a and covering every sspe2t of const ruct ion and determined t h a t each house would cost app~oxin.alely $3,2CO. Henry V. Hubbard revealed t h e thin!cing of t he p l a n x i n ~ tczm i n an a r t i c l e i n t h e Ju ly , 1918 i s sue of the Journal of t he h e r i c s n I n s t i - t u t e of Archi tects when he declared t h a t

Temporary housing, a f t e r t h e w a r . i s l i t t l e b e t t e r t h r . scrap; indeed, it may be much worse and not being destroyed deeenerztee i n t o t h e worse type of slum, a destroyer cf l oca l land values, a izenace t o t he tenant and a reproach upon t h e country. . . .For t h e aa r r i ed man with a family e f f i c i e n t l k i c g c'onditions cc rp r i s e dl those zhings which we recognize a s necessary t o a complete to-xn; proper houses, r i g h t l y s i t ua t ed and arranged; roads, water, severaze, f i r e protect ion, s t o r e s , markets, churches, schools, thea t res , club- houses, m r k s , playgrounds, playf i e ld s , and so on. Ar,v govern-.sr.t i n d u s t r i a l housing deve lopen t which does nct f ind a l l these shings alrcariy provided must provide, and i f necessary, p 3 : ~ fo r them it-

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HERITAGE CONSERLATION AND RECREATION SEPVIZE

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~ r o & ,Alexander C. , Newport News' 325 Years: A Iiecord of $he progress of a Virginia Community ( ~ e w p o r t News: Newport i'iews Golucc Anniversary Corporation, 1946).

Chambers, Ruth II., i i l t o n Village, 1918-1968 (~ewpor t Bews: 1:omen.s Club of Hilton Village, 1968).

Glaab, C h r l e s N. and A. Theodore Brown, A Eistory o; Urb-n A~er ics , (Xew York: The Macmillan Company, 1967).

ifaukins, Van, Dorothy and t h e Shipbuilders of &-,-port TTekrs (Xorfolk: The Donning Company, 1976).

~ i l t o n Viilage Archi tectural Review Board, Hone @,rner I s Gu:c?e (iie~rport News: Hilton Village Archi tectural Review Eon?d, 1377).

:4cKelvey, Blake, The mergence of Metropolitan h e r i c a , 1915-1966 (hew . Brunsirick, N . J . : Rutgers University Press, 1968).

Newport Bews Department of Ci ty Planning, I i i l ton V i l h p e After 50 Yezrs (Xewport News: Newport News Department of City Planning, 146t j .

Revport Bews Department of City Planning and Community Develaprnent, & %port on the Hilton Vil lage S W e y ((mewport ?Ievs: Ilevpsrt Kevs Department of City Planning and Community Development, 1974 ) .

, Development Program For Hilton Vil lage, S t m G (Xevport Nevs: Newport News Department of City Planning and Cornunity Development,

R G ~ s ~ , Parke, Jr., Endless Harbor: The Story of Bevpr t 1der.r~ ( ~ e v p r t News: Newport News Histor ical Commission, 1969).

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