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Events that helped shaped the neighborhood
1940s - 1980s
1945 A new fire station was built for the Wythe District Fire Department on Kecoughtan Road.
1946 Street railway service was discontinued throughout the area, and bus service took over.
1947 The War Memorial Stadium opened on Pembroke Avenue with the Brooklyn Baby Dodgers as the home team.
1949 A plan for a consolidated peninsula to be called “The City of Hampton Roads” was rejected by Hampton, Phoebus, and Elizabeth City County.
1950 When a new George Wythe Junior High School opened on Gloucester Street, the old junior high building on Claremont Avenue became George Wythe Elementary School.
1952 Residents in Elizabeth City County, Hampton, and Phoebus voted to consolidate and adopt the name of Hampton for the new city.
1953 Hampton’s first television station, WVEC, UHF, Channel 15, went on the air.
1954 Hurricane Hazel caused considerable damage along Chesapeake Avenue.
1954 The last scheduled passenger train rolled over Hampton tracks.
1957 Ferry service to Norfolk ended when the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel opened.
1957 The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics [NACA] became the National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NASA] when it began training the Mercury astronauts.
1959 Dixie Hospital, predecessor of the present day Sentara Careplex, relocated from East Queen Street to Victoria Boulevard.
1961 The Wythe Recreation Association built a swimming pool on the site of the demolished 1909 George Wythe Elementary building.
1962 Heavy winds and snow were part of the Ash Wednesday storm whose abnormally high tides caused much damage in the area.
1966 Desegregation of Hampton Public Schools took place in accordance with the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
1968 All Hampton schools were completely integrated in both teaching staff and classroom enrollment.
1973 Dixie Hospital, originally named for the horse its founder rode, had a name change to Hampton General Hospital.
1973 The city of Hampton earned All-American City honors.
1981 Wythe started its successful Neighborhood Watch program.
1985 A year-long celebration was held when the city of Hampton observed its 375th anniversary.
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