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David Lowenberg

Hebrew Cemetery
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(1909)

Lowenberg was born in Wurttemberg, Germany and migrated to the United States in the mid-nineteenth century.  He served in the Confederate Army and later went into business for himself.  During the last few decades of the nineteenth century and the early part of the twentieth, he became a very wealthy figure in Norfolk.  He built the first modern office buildings in Norfolk as well as the first apartment house.  He was involved in the construction of The Monticello Hotel and the trolley line of the Norfolk and Atlantic Terminal Company.  Lowenberg died in 1909.

References:

Obituary of David Lowenberg, Washington Post, December 12, 1909. 

Biographical information provided by Norfolk Bureau of Cemeteries.

Visitor Information

Visitor Hours: Sunrise to Sunset

Office hours: Monday to Friday 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM - Office located at Elmwood Cemetery.

Free parking inside cemetery.

Admission Cost: Free

Address: 1200 Tidewater Drive, Norfolk, VA 23504

Official web site for more information: www.norfolk.gov/cemeteries

Norfolk Society for Cemetery Conservation Web Site: www.norfolksocietyforcemeteryconservation.org