it evolved into the present-day Virginian-Pilot. 1896 Epworth United Methodist Church opens. Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad begins. 1898 - The first Monticello Hotel building opens. 20th century 1900s 1900 Population: 46,624. Norfolk Zoo opens. U.S. Post Office and Courts Building constructed. 1901 - Norfolk Journal and Guide newspaper in publication. 1902 - Park Place becomes part of Norfolk. 1903 - The original Sarah Leigh Hospital opens on Mowbray Arch along the Hague in Ghent. It would evolve into today's Sentara Leigh Hospital. 1904 - Freemason Street Library opens. 1904 - Chesterfield Heights district is platted; development is primarily from 1915 to 1950 1906 - Barkley becomes part of Norfolk. 1907 Jamestown Exposition held. Confederate monument erected. Monticello Arcade built. Doumar's opens in Norfolk Virginian Railway started. 1910s 1910 Christ and St. Luke's Church built. Population: 67,452. 1911 Huntersville and Lambert's Point become part of Norfolk. Maury and Booker T. Washington High Schools open. 1912 - Norfolk Terminal Station, a railway station, opens in Downtown Norfolk. 1913 - Wells Theatre opens as a vaudeville and movie house. 1917 U.S. Naval Station Norfolk opens on Sewell's Point peninsula A local NAACP branch is established. 1918 Southern Bagging Company building constructed. The Monticello Hotel destroyed by fire; it is rebuilt on the same site and reopens in 1919. 1919 City-manager form of government adopted. Attucks Theatre, popular with African-American audiences, opens and becomes known as the "Apollo Theatre of the South". 1920s 1920 – Population: 115,777. 1921 - Virginia Beach Boulevard opens, providing easier access to the oceanfront. 1922 U.S. Marine Hospital built. NorVa Theatre opens as a vaudeville house and movie theater. Norview High School opens. 1923 Algonquin Park, Cottage Park, Edgewater, Kenilworth, Lafayette Annex, Lakewood, Larchmont, Lenox, Morning Side, Norfolk Naval Base, Ocean View (part), and Willoughby become part of city. WTAR radio begins broadcasting. 1926 - The Loews Theater opens as a vaudeville and movie palace at 300 Granby Street and continues operating as a cinema for many decades. As of 2018, the venue is the TCC Roper Center for the Performing Arts. 1928 - The Nansemond Hotel opens in Ocean View and enjoys many decades as a popular tourist attraction; it was destroyed by fire in 1980. 1930s 1930 Population: 129,710 Norfolk Division of College of William & Mary is established. It would later evolve into Old Dominion College and later University. 1932 - U.S. Post Office