Real property

Scope and Contents One book titled "Assessment of Property, 1846-1858" for the City of Norfolk, Virginia. The handwritten book records residents alphabetically by last name and includes monetary values for their assets, including houses, lots, watches, clocks, furniture, musical instruments, plates, and slaves. Houses are typically identified as either brick or wood and include house numbers and streets on which the properties connect. The book also includes income, reveals a person's occupation, and discloses...

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Five certificates of appraisal created by The Norfolk Real Estate Board, Inc. of Norfolk, Virginia for the City of Norfolk from September 11, 1950 to October 12, 1950. Streets on which properties were assessed include Bute Street, Charlotte Street, Brewer Street, Boush Street, College Place, City Hall Avenue, Cumberland Street, Market Street, Main Street, Water Street, York Street, and Dartmouth Street. Most addresses include photographs of lots and structures.

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Appraisal reports from the Office of the Real Estate Assessor of the City of Norfolk, Virginia from 1952-1967. The collection includes a 1951 manual and a 2000-2001 annual report.

Scope and Contents This collection includes approximately 3,800 paperboard-bound volumes (packets) containing deed and mortgage abstracts for properties in Norfolk, Portsmouth, and the surrounding counties (mostly Norfolk County). The collection also includes approximately 2,800 land plats, mostly for properties associated with the packets. Guaranty Title and Trust created these records in the course of its business verifying property titles, recording land transactions, and issuing mortgage loans during its...

Scope and Contents One typescript volume containing legal agreements from deed books, minute books, and order books of the City of Norfolk, Virginia, granting rights of way to companies such as Berkley Street Railroad and Railway Company, Norfolk City Railroad Company, Norfolk Street Railroad Company, Norfolk Railway and Light Company, and Norfolk and Portsmouth Traction Company for the purpose of public improvement projects. There are two separate indexes in the front of the volume containing page numbers for...