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| The Norfolk, Virginia, Custom House building is listed on the National Register of Historic Buildings. Norfolk was one of the first ports in the nation to have a Customs office. "The building's design was inspired by the Roman Classic Revival Style. The Main Street facade displays the full characteristics of a Roman temple with its broad, granite steps, leading up to a portico that is embellished with six tall, fluted, granite columns, each capped by cast iron capitals designed in the Corinthian order." From information provided by the General Services Administration. | Status: Has served as a United States Custom House since the 1858 (except for a brief period during the Civil War). It reopened on September 19, 2000 after undergoing a year-long renovation.
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