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Article: A SENTRY STILL STANDS WATCH IN GOSPORT.(PORTSMOUTH CURRENTS)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- October 24, 1999
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Byline: Alan Flanders
The wind and rain still rattle the hand-blown window panes that once looked out to formal gardens along an Elizabeth River full of sailing ships.
Pigeons roost in what were formal sitting and dining rooms where the future of Portsmouth and the shipyard often were discussed.
Generations of mice have left their trails along the steps that once led up and down an elegant staircase that supported Gosport's elite. The Young-Neville house stands today at the riverfront corner of First and Randolph streets like a lone sentry from a bygone era. Wrapped in a peeling cloak of weathered beige stucco, it still manages to maintain a ...