Truxtun Historic District

Truxtun Historic District is a national historic district located at Portsmouth, Virginia. It encompasses 241 contributing buildings in a primarily residential section of Portsmouth. It was developed between 1918 and 1920 as a planned community of Colonial Revival style single family residences. It was developed by the United States Housing Corporation as a result of the rapid influx of workers at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard during World War I. It was the first wartime government housing project constructed exclusively for African-American residents.^[3] In 1921 the Federal Government sold it off.^[4]

Truxtun Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Virginia Landmarks Register
Portsmouth Boulevard west of Dahlia Street
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Location	Portsmouth and Deep Creek Boulevards and Manly, Dahlia, Hobson, Dewey and Bagley Sts., Portsmouth, Virginia
Coordinates	36°48′59″N 76°19′4″W
Area	43 acres (17 ha)
Built	1918 (1918)
Architect	U.S. Housing Corporation; Multiple
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.	82004581[1]
VLR No.	124-0047
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	September 16, 1982
Designated VLR	April 15, 1980[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.^[1]