256 Lavalette AveNorfolk, VA 23504

A wonderful and unique property. Updated Classic 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath Cottage with a history and a very picturesque setting.

Enjoy river views from your front porch, watch rhinos at the zoo, enjoy sitting in front of the fireplace on cold nights, and cooking in the well designed cook's kitchen. There are 2 bedrooms and a jack and jill bathroom downstairs, primary bedroom with ensuite bathroom on second floor. Fenced backyard.

Well located in the Riverview section of Norfolk, on a dead end street, adjacent to the Lafayette River, directly across from the Virginia Zoo, and a short walk to the city maintained kayak launch. Convenient to downtown Norfolk, Norfolk Naval Base, ODU and EVMS.

This classic cottage is a 100+ year old "Penniman Home." It is a Sears Roebuck kit home built by the Dupont Company during World War I to house workers at the munitions factory at Penniman, near Yorktown, VA. After the war ended, Penniman was abandoned and some of its houses were moved to other locations. This is one of the homes which were loaded onto barges, floated down the river, and set on new foundations in the Riverview section of Norfolk, circa 1918.