Portsmouth Naval Hospital
- Also Known As: Norfolk Naval Hospital
- Address: Washington St and Crawford St
- Vicinity: Hospital Point
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1830/07/00 | John Haviland | Architect | By July 1830, the north wing of the Portsmouth Naval Hospital is completed and occupied, thus making the hospital the first permanent structure to be built out of the Hospital Fund. | |||
| 1855/09/15 | Rev James Chisholm | Died | After pasturing to needs of those stricken with Yellow Fever, Rev James Chisholm dies of yellow fever. | |||
| 1855/12/00 | The plague ends with the coming of winter. Of those who survived, every man, woman and child, almost without exception had been stricken by the fever and about 2,000 had been buried. Over 500 civilians were treated at the Naval Hospital. | 1855 Norfolk Yellow Fever Epidemic | ||||
| 1862/04/00 | The Confederate government encompasses the Naval Hospital with earthworks and renames it Fort Nelson. The next year it was occupied by Northern troops and re-established as a federal army hospital. | |||||
| 1909/00/00 | Wood, Donn, and Deming | Architect | Between 1907-1909 the hospital is reconstructed and in 1909-1910 the new wings are added, both projects being conducted under the supervision of Wood, Don and Deming. During the remodeling the patients were placed in hospital tents on the grounds. | |||
| 1952/07/00 | Gene Vincent | Health | Vincent Craddock recuperates at the Portsmouth Naval Hospital after he shattered his left leg in a crash on his new Triumph motorcycle in July 1952. | |||
| 1971/07/01 | Missy Elliott | Born | Melissa Arnette Elliott is born at Portsmouth Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Virginia, the only child of Patricia Elliott, a power-company dispatcher, and Ronnie, a shipyard welder and former US Marine. |
| Particulars for Portsmouth Naval Hospital: | |
|---|---|
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Owner | Federal |
| Area of Significance | Health-medicine |
| Criteria | Historic Event |
| Historic Use | Hospital |
| Area of Significance | Military |
| Disease | Yellow Fever |
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