The Chamberlin
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Chamberlin Hotel | |
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| Location | 2 Fenwick Rd., Fort Monroe, Hampton, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°0′3″N 76°18′48″W / 37.00083°N 76.31333°WCoordinates: 37°0′3″N 76°18′48″W / 37.00083°N 76.31333°W |
| Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha) |
| Built | 1928 |
| Architect | Wright, Marcellus E., Sr; Warren & Wetmore |
| Architectural style | Beaux Arts |
| Part of | Fort Monroe Historic District [1] (#66000912) |
| NRHP Reference # | 07000190[2] |
| VLR # | 114-0114 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | March 21, 2007 |
| Designated NHLDCP | October 15, 1966 |
| Designated VLR | December 6, 2006[3] |
The Chamberlin is a retirement community and historic hotel in Hampton, Virginia, overlooking Hampton Roads at Old Point Comfort. It was formerly known as the Chamberlin Hotel. The nine-story building sits on historic Fort Monroe and overlooks Fort Wool. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it has been renovated from its former life as a hotel into a luxury retirement community for people aged 55 and up.
The second floor has retained the hotel atmosphere while the rest of the floors have been renovated and turned into one- and two-bedroom apartments. A few apartments are used as guest quarters for visiting relatives of residents.
The current building was constructed in the 1920s and replaced an earlier hotel designed by Washington, D.C., architects John L. Smithmeyer and Paul J. Pelz and completed in 1896. The building originally had two large cupolas on its roof but these were removed during World War II because they were visible from out in the ocean beyond the Virginia Capes and it was feared that they could potentially aid a hostile German warship cruising offshore in targeting Fort Monroe. They were never replaced after the war.
References
- ↑ "Section 1C Fort Monroe National Historic Landmark District" (PDF). Fort Monroe Authority. Retrieved 28 July 2011. See page 1C.3, stating that under the closure programmatic agreement, the entirety of the Fort boundary is considered contributing.
- ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
