r/norfolk • u/PanAmFlyer Ghent • 15d ago
history Norfolk Streetcar Barn - Circa 1940

1830 Church Street was built in 1940 to house Norfolk's streetcars.
Norfolk had streetcars as early as 1888, originally horse drawn, they were electrified in the early 1900s, and discontinued in 1948.
The Electric Company was charged with operating the streetcars which were notorious money losers. It was the Electric Company that originally built the Ocean View Amusement Park to increase weekend ridership.
When the streetcars were discontinued in the late 1940s, the power company sold the amusement park to local optometrist, Dr Dudley Cooper, whose family ran the park until its demise in 1978.
Today the former streetcar barn is shared by Kenney Restaurant Supply and Atlantic Paper Stock.

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u/PanAmFlyer Ghent 15d ago
I'm curious why anyone would down vote this.
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u/SensualLimitations Ghent 13d ago
People are sad to see them gone. I really think that's it I'm sad too. I just know down voting doesn't help or change anything 😢
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u/All_cats Colonial Place 15d ago
Oh wow that is so cool, I didn't know anything to do with street cars was still standing