West Freemason Street Historic District
West Freemason Street Area Historic District
The most intact 19th-century residential district downtown, with cobblestone streets lined with Federal-style and Greek Revival houses.
The Freemason Street Historic District lies northwest of downtown. It preserves some of Norfolk's rare cobblestone streets, along with 19th-century Federal, Greek Revival and Victorian houses, and there are interpretive signs at the street corners. The Moses Myers House, built in 1792 as the residence of an early American Jewish merchant family, is managed by the Chrysler Museum and can be visited on a guided tour. Nearby is the Victorian-style Hunter House museum. It is suitable for walking from the MacArthur Memorial and takes half an hour to an hour to explore.
Opening hours
Open all day; house museum hours per official website
Nearby sights
- Hunter House Victorian Museum
- Elizabeth River Harbor Cruises
- Nauticus & Battleship Wisconsin
- NEON District
- Chrysler Museum of Art
- Town Point Park
- MacArthur Memorial
- Waterside District