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History of Falls Church. Falls Church, an independent city in Virginia, United States, takes its name from The Falls Church, an 18th-century parish of the Church of England. Falls Church gained township status within Fairfax County in 1875. In 1948, it was incorporated as the City of Falls Church, an independent city with county-level ...
Eden Center. / 38.87361°N 77.15389°W / 38.87361; -77.15389. Eden Center is a Vietnamese American strip mall located near the crossroads of Seven Corners in the City of Falls Church, Virginia. Eden Center is the largest Vietnamese commercial center on the East Coast, [1] and the largest Asian mall on the east coast of North America.
March 19, 2003 [2] The Ballentine Place Historic District is a national historic district located at Norfolk, Virginia. It encompasses 860 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 1 contributing object in a cohesive residential neighborhood located near the center of Norfolk. It was platted in 1909, and largely developed between 1915 ...
Location of Falls Church in Virginia. This list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Falls Church, Virginia, includes six properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places, including one National Historic Landmark, in the independent city of Falls Church, Virginia, United States.
The history of Norfolk, Virginia as a modern settlement begins in 1636. The city was named after the English county of Norfolk [ 1][ 2] and was formally incorporated in 1736. The city was burned by orders of the outgoing Virginia governor Lord Dunmore in 1776 during the second year of the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), although it ...
Attucks Theatre. / 36.85639°N 76.27917°W / 36.85639; -76.27917. The Attucks Theatre is a historic theatre located in Norfolk, Virginia. The theatre was financed, designed and constructed by African American entrepreneurs in 1919, and was designed by Harvey Johnson, an African-American architect. The theatre was named in honor of ...
Coordinates: 36°50′49″N 76°17′07″W. / 36.84694°N 76.28528°W / 36.84694; -76.28528. ZIP code. 23510. Area codes. 757, 948. Website. www .downtownnorfolk .org. Downtown Norfolk serves as the traditional center of commerce, government, and culture in the Hampton Roads region.
Designated VLR. March 2, 1971 [2] Saint Paul's Episcopal Church (also known as Borough Church) [3] is a historic church in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. The Nave of the current church was built in 1739 and is the sole colonial-era building which survived the various wars that Norfolk has witnessed. The church has played host to several ...