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Local Title: Camp
Stuart
Location: 16th Street and Roanoke Avenue, Newport News VA Description:
"World War I, Camp Stuart, named for General JEB
Stuart (1833-1864), was America's largest troop handing
facility. It was run by Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation
July 1917 to Sept. 1919 on 300 acres leased from the Old
Dominion Land Co. The Horace E. Dodge Boat and Plane Corp.
and a golf course occupied the site from 1930. Stuart
Gardens of 978 residential units was opened late in 1941
by Defense Homes Corporation."
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