 Marker ID: W76
Title: Newport News
Location:
25th Street
and Washington Ave.
Description:
"This area was first referred to a "Newportes Newes" as
early as 1619, and the first known English settler lived
here in 1621. Several Civil War engagements took place
here including the Battle of the Ironclads and the 1862
Peninsula Campaign. Newport News remained a small
community until the late 19th century when it became the
eastern terminus of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co.
The Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. was
founded here in 1886. Newport News was established as a
town in 1880 and became a city in 1896. It served as the
headquarters of the Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation in
World Wars I and II."
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