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Norfolk, Virginia Points of Interest / Historical Sites

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General Douglas MacArhtur

Latitude: 36.8474 (36°50′51″N), Longitude: -76.2888 (76°17′20″W)

Site: www.norfolkva.gov

  • Artist Name: Stanley Bleifeld
  • Notes: The work is a life-sized cast bronze portrait of the general in uniform, holding a jacket. The signed and dated sculpture sits upon a polished granite pedestal. It is an edition bronze, created in conjunction with the MacArthur Committee in West Point, Ne
  • Note: w York. The work was purchased by the MacArthur Foundation for the Citizens of Norfolk and sits on the Memorial grounds.
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General George Washington

Latitude: 36.869 (36°52′8″N), Longitude: -76.3044 (76°18′16″W)

Site: www.norfolkva.gov

  • Artist Name: Cast of Houdons
  • Notes: The work is a painted plaster cast of the Houdon sculpture of General George Washington. A life sized, standing portrait, the work depicts the general holding a walking stick in one hand while the other rests on a tall column. The sculpture sits on a shor
  • Note: t wooden pedestal at the entry of the school. The children of Colonel Taylor presented the work to the school named for him. The original Houdon statue of Washington resides in the Smithsonian. The plaster cast was completed by P.P. Caproni and Brother, a
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Gold Medal Flour

Latitude: 36.8518 (36°51′6″N), Longitude: -76.2893 (76°17′22″W)

Site: www.norfolkva.gov

  • Artist Name: Anonymous
  • Notes: The mural is a classic mid-century advertising bill board painted directly onto the brick building.
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Good Fortune Garage

Latitude: 36.8513 (36°51′5″N), Longitude: -76.2909 (76°17′27″W)

Site: www.norfolkva.gov

  • Artist Name: Cassandra Akers with Earn and Learn Apprentice
  • Notes: Artist Cassandra Akers worked with eight high school students as part of the City’s Earn and Learn internship program. The artists stenciled 617 fortunes on each parking space representing positive messages to bring awareness to the Norfolk Pagoda. Chines
  • Note: e motifs on each of the seven floors create a way finding directional device to remind parkers of where they parked. This unique program was a partnership between Norfolk’s Parking Division, Public Art Program, and the Human Resource Department.
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Hampton Roads

Latitude: 36.8479 (36°50′52″N), Longitude: -76.2902 (76°17′25″W)

Site: www.norfolkva.gov

  • Artist Name: Gregg LeFevre
  • Notes: This is one of two bronze maps created for the opening of MacArthur Mall. The floor piece is embedded in the concrete plaza outside the southwest entrance of the Mall represents a compass with key locations in Norfolk.
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Homecoming

Latitude: 36.8463 (36°50′47″N), Longitude: -76.2943 (76°17′39″W)

Site: www.norfolkva.gov

  • Artist Name: Stanley Bleifeld
  • Notes: The work, a life-sized sailor with woman and child in cast bronze, sits on a polished concrete plinth. A short, granite-faced column dedicates the work to sailors and their families. The bronze is signed and a 2000 edition.
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Hunters Herons

Latitude: 36.904 (36°54′14″N), Longitude: -76.1993 (76°11′57″W)

Site: www.norfolkva.gov

  • Artist Name: A signed original
  • Notes: The work is a cast bronze with deep chemical patina to create naturalistic coloring.\r\n\r\nIt sports three brass rods, hammered to resemble reeds.\r\n\r\nA signed original, it is the only Turner in the Garden not created in an edition and not a work attr
  • Note: ibuted to both father and son.
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Iowa

Latitude: 36.9555 (36°57′20″N), Longitude: -76.3122 (76°18′44″W)

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Leading Edge

Latitude: 36.8454 (36°50′43″N), Longitude: -76.2887 (76°17′19″W)

Site: www.norfolkva.gov

  • Artist Name: John Safer
  • Notes: A polished stainless steel abstract form standing on one end rests on a cast concrete plinth in the middle of a fountain above street level.
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Ligne Indeterminee

Latitude: 36.8463 (36°50′47″N), Longitude: -76.2928 (76°17′34″W)

Site: www.norfolkva.gov

  • Artist Name: Bernar Venet
  • Notes: Created by well-known French sculptor, Bernar Venet this monumental painted steel sits outside the World Trade Center in the heart of the financial district of Norfolk.
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Lone Sailor

Latitude: 36.8486 (36°50′55″N), Longitude: -76.2945 (76°17′40″W)

Site: www.norfolkva.gov

  • Artist Name: Stanley Bleifeld
  • Notes: The work is a life-sized sailor and duffel bag in cast bronze, edition and signed in 2001. The two elements sit separately on cast ferroconcrete plinths. The work is on a brick plaza surrounded by 10 plaques on granite bases. In October 2006 the Norfolk C
  • Note: ity Manager announced a partnership with the USS Norfolk personnel to care for the statue and volunteer at the Nauticus. The artist is a WWII veteran.
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Mother Mary

Latitude: 36.8985 (36°53′55″N), Longitude: -76.2814 (76°16′53″W)

  • Artwork: Statue
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Norfolk 1682 Plaque

Latitude: 36.8451 (36°50′42″N), Longitude: -76.2928 (76°17′34″W)

Site: www.norfolkva.gov

  • Artist Name: Norfolk Rotary Club
  • Notes: Town point is where norfolk began, in 1860 the general assembly of his majesty’s colony of virginia enacted a law requiring each county to establish and develop a town site. In lower norfolk county fifty acres of land at the entrance of the eastern branch
  • Note: of the elizabeth river were purchased from nicholas wise, thus assuring the town of good water access to the surrounding areas. County surveyor john ferebee, laid out front street (now main street) on high ground and the town was divided into half-acre s
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Norfolk 1851

Latitude: 36.8502 (36°51′1″N), Longitude: -76.2872 (76°17′14″W)

Site: www.norfolkva.gov

  • Artist Name: Gregg LeFevre
  • Notes: This is one of two bronze maps created for the opening of MacArthur Mall. The floor piece is embedded in the concrete plaza outside the north exit of the Mall represents key locations in Norfolk in 1851.
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Norfolk Attractions

Latitude: 36.8476 (36°50′51″N), Longitude: -76.2923 (76°17′32″W)

Site: www.norfolkva.gov

  • Artist Name: Jeannine Harkleroad
  • Notes: Using a fabric appliqué technique, Jeannine assisted students with making four fabric panels. The fabric is a combination of clothing and fabric donated and/or purchased from Norfolk’s community and thrift stores. The panels depict and celebrate the follo
  • Note: wing attractions of Norfolk: the Attucks Theatre, Doumar’s famous drive-in, Rowena’s gourmet foods and the scenic Ocean View Fishing Pier.
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Norfolk Confederate Soldier

Latitude: 36.8457 (36°50′44″N), Longitude: -76.2886 (76°17′19″W)

Site: www.norfolkva.gov

  • Artist Name: Stanley Bleifeld
  • Notes: The work is a cast bronze soldier holding a cast flag with pole. The figure, cast in 1896, is slightly larger than life-size. It was placed atop a tall granite column with ornate capital, in 1951. A large bronze medallion commemorating Confederate veteran
  • Note: s is on the west face of the column.
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Norfolk Now

Latitude: 36.8461 (36°50′46″N), Longitude: -76.2913 (76°17′29″W)

Site: www.norfolkva.gov

  • Artist Name: David Joyce
  • Notes: The series of 4 digital photos and 2 porcelain enamels consists of pointillist imagery comprised of hundreds of tiny digital photographs of Norfolk citizens. Artist David Joyce pioneered this technique of using the micro to make up the macro. He photograp
  • Note: hed area school students, taking two photos claiming the relaxed on the second shot. Norfolk Arts and Humanities Council commissioned the works from the artist.
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OV Amusement Park Mermaid

Latitude: 36.9532 (36°57′12″N), Longitude: -76.2515 (76°15′5″W)

  • Artwork: Statue
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Police Memorial Bell

Latitude: 36.8458 (36°50′45″N), Longitude: -76.2859 (76°17′9″W)

Site: www.norfolkva.gov

  • Artist Name: Victor Pickett
  • Notes: This Police Memorial located in the City Hall plaza was a gift to the city from our friend John R. Burton who also donated the money for the Armed Forces Memorial at Town Point Park. After John F. Kennedy declared May 15th of each year as Peace Officers’
  • Note: Day, Burton started placing a wreath to fallen officers agasinst the wall of City Hall. Later Burton announced a gift of $10,000 for a proper memorial. The memorial was dedicated on May 15, 1984. Police sources say it cost much more than this amount howev
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Raphael

Latitude: 36.9047 (36°54′17″N), Longitude: -76.2027 (76°12′10″W)

Site: www.norfolkva.gov

  • Artist Name: Sir Moses Jacob Ezekiel
  • Notes: These are eleven, 7–foot, marble sculptures executed by Sir Moses Jacob Ezekiel in Rome for the William Wilson Corcoran to fill the niches on the original Corcoran Gallery (currently known as the Renwick Building) in Washington, DC. Each of the 11 works i
  • Note: s a carved marble statue of a great figure in the classical Western civilization art canon. In 1901 when the Corcoran moved to a larger building, the sculptures were put up for sale. The sculptures first became the property of Evelyn Walsh, a Washington,
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Points of Interest / Historical Sites near Norfolk, VA

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