Jamestown Exposition
The Jamestown Exposition, also known as the Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposition of 1907, was one of the many world's fairs and expositions that were popular in the United States in the early part of the 20th century. Commemorating the 300th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown in the Virginia Colony, it was held from April 26 to December 1, 1907, at Sewell's Point on Hampton Roads, in Norfolk, Virginia. It celebrated the first permanent English settlement in the present United States. In 1975, the 20 remaining exposition buildings were included on the National Register of Historic Places as a national historic district.
Jamestown Exposition Site Buildings | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
Virginia Landmarks Register | |
Exposition Seal | |
| Location | Bounded by Bacon, Powhatan, Farragut, Gilbert, Bainbridge, and the harbor, Norfolk, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 36°57′08″N 76°18′47″W |
| Area | 130 acres (53 ha) |
| Built | 1907 |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 75002114 |
| VLR No. | 122-0054 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | October 20, 1975 |
| Designated VLR | February 18, 1975 |
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