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Title: Illustrated standard guide to Norfolk and Portsmouth and historical events of Virginia 1607 to 1907
Year: 1907 (1900s)
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Subjects: Jamestown Ter-centennial Exposition (1907)
Publisher: Norfolk, Va., Standard lithographing and publishing co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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amusement devices are arranged, affordan ideal playground for the children. The eastern end of thepark borders along Tanners Creek (a magnificent sheet of saltwater), where boats may be obtained for pleasure parties orfishing purposes. The Zoo is located in the extreme south-eastern part of the grounds. This park may be reached by theNorfolk & Portsmouth Traction Companys main line cars (redor white lights) going north through Church Street, or River-view division cars (blue light) going north through Granby, orthe Bay Shore Terminal northbound cars, all of which pass themain entrance at frequent intervals. Fitzhugh Lee Park is located on Duke Street at the head ofNorth, and extends to Yarmouth Street Bridge. This is a verypretty little park, attractively arranged, and is a place of recrea-tion for those residing in theGhent section. It may be reachedby the Bay Shore Terminal northbound cars, and is only aboutfifteen minutes walk from the downtown section north throughDuke Street.
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58 CHURCHES 59 Churches There are more than one hundred churches in Norfolk andPortsmouth, comprising over a dozen independent and semi-independent denominations. They are so scattered throughoutthese cities that the worshiper need not go far from his home orstopping place in order to find the church of his choice, andworship in the form to which he has been accustomed. Most ofthe leading Protestant and Catholic churches advertise theirservices for the succeeding Sabbath in the religious-noticecolumn of the daily papers on the preceding Saturday. Inall the churches strangers are cordially welcomed and givenseats by the ushers. Arranged alphabetically, the principaldenominations and the most prominent churches of thesedenominations are as follows: Norfolk ChurchesBaptist First, Freemason Street corner Granby.Freemason Street, corner Freemason and Bank streets.Grace, corner Wood and Chapel streets.Park Avenue, corner Highland and Park avenues.Park Place, corner Colonial Avenue and Thirt

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