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North End Huntington Heights The tract of land known today as North End was originally part of the domain of the Chesapeake and Kecoughtan Indian tribes, the latter led by Chief Powhatan, father of Pocahontas. During the early 19th century, the Lee-Haugton family farmed the land, but the buildings were burned during the Civil War when the area fell under Union occupation.
In 1880, Collis P. Huntington and his Old Dominion Land Company acquired thousands of acres of Peninsula farmland in anticipation of the construction of the terminus of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. By 1896, the City of Newport News was incorporated and three years later, the first house in the 22-block North End Historic District was erected at 5500 Huntington Avenue.
Developed primarily between 1900 and 1935, North End is the largest and most architecturally cohesive residential neighborhood of the inner city. Typical of most early 20th century neighborhoods, the North End features a wealth of architectural styles and eclectic vernacular building designs including excellent examples of Queen Ann, Beaux Arts, Colonial Revival, Bungalow, American Four-Square, and Tudor Revival styles.