National Historic Landmark · Portsmouth (Independent City), Virginia

Lightship No. 101, Portsmouth

A listed structure in Portsmouth (Independent City), Virginia. Added to the National Register in 1989, and a National Historic Landmark.

Lightship No. 101, Portsmouth
Photo via Wikimedia Commons

The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeStructure
AddressLondon Slip, Elizabeth River, Portsmouth (Independent City), VA
CountyPortsmouth County
ListedMay 5, 1989
Reference number89001080
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark, Virginia Historic Landmark
Contributing resources1 structures
StandingYes

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.

Where it is

StreetLondon Slip, Elizabeth River
Coordinates36.83701, -76.29623 · Directions ↗

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Why you would stay

Reference

Exists because it is true

Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 89001080. Nothing here is transcribed by hand.