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Aberdeen Gardens: I-64 - MM 263.4 - EB

2 37.04°, -76.39°
About location

Tucked into the low-lying Hampton Roads coastal plain, Aberdeen Gardens is a place whose character is shaped by its position between the James River and Chesapeake Bay. This historic neighborhood in the city of Hampton developed in the 1930s through a federal New Deal program intended to create homeownership opportunities for African American families. Its plan combined modest detached houses with generous plots, community facilities and tree-lined streets, distinguishing it from surrounding suburban growth. Interstate 64 runs alongside the area, placing it within the road network of the Virginia Peninsula. The wider Hampton Roads region is defined by tidal waterways, military installations and port cities. Aberdeen Gardens remains an important reminder of Black community-building in twentieth-century Virginia.

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