Norfolk's Church Street: Between Memory and Reality

by Amy Waters Yarsinske

Book Overview

Church Street, one of Norfolk's original streets laid in 1680, served for many years as the gateway to the city. Originally called The Road That Leadeth Out of Town, its name was changed to Church Street following the completion of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in 1739. Eastern European immigrants who settled the area between 1890 and 1914 established successful, small businesses along this main street, but by the late 1920s, many of the business owners...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738501034
• ISBN13: 9780738501031
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.6" x 9.2"