Ransdell's Motel
Known Name(s)
Ransdell's Motel
Address
630 London Street Portsmouth, VA
Establishment Type(s)
Motel
Physical Status
Demolished
Description
The 1950 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, the most recent for Portsmouth, show a two-story frame dwelling at this address. It has a one-story front porch, a noncombustible roof, and it connected to a dwelling to the east at 628 London that is a mirror image. Both buildings have one-story frame outbuildings to the rear/north. Another Green Book site, Benjamin's Confectionary and Dining Room, stood to the immediate west.
This is now a play area to the east of Children's Harbor-Place and/or parking lot west of Saint John's Episcopal Church. Depicted advertisement is from page 101 of the 1962 Green Book. Site photo by Susan Hellman, 2018.
