NORFOLK, Va. — You’ve probably driven right past them without even realizing it. A few quiet cottages in Virginia Beach. An old apartment complex in Norfolk.
But these buildings aren’t just leftovers from another time. They’re now officially Virginia Landmarks. Preservation experts believe they tell an important story about how our region grew- and who we were along the way.
At the Oceanfront, the 37th Street Cottages were built between 1913 and 1928, when Virginia Beach was more about summer getaways than year-round tourism…