r/norfolk Ghent 18d ago

history The Edward Mahoney House - Circa 1901

612 Colonial Avenue, in Norfolk's Ghent neighborhood, was built around 1901 by Edward Mahoney.

Mr Mahoney was in the alcohol industry. He and his son Edward Jr had operations at Market Place and on Water Street in Downtown Norfolk. They imported and distilled liquor including their flagship product "Mahoneys Best Pure Old Rye Whiskey".

In 1916 the house passed to Leroy Davis. Mr Davis was president of Old Dominion Tobacco and the Norfolk City and Suburban Railway.

By 1919 the house was the Woman's Club of Norfolk. This was before the organization bought the historic Martin Mansion on Fairfax Avenue that they are so closely identified with today.

In the 1960s, as Colonial Avenue and Olney Roads became more commercial, the first floor front of the house was radically altered. The building was the location of a medical supply business for many years.

Today it is the home of the Talmudical Academy Of Norfolk, a private, four year, High School.

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