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This old house: Beach cottage once occupied by life-saver
This is the first of a series of stories about old houses in Virginia Beach. This house, at 209 24th St., directly behind the location of the former Atlantic Station Post Office, was where a "life-saver" and his family lived.

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A Ghent home fit for a president
Move into the house where President William Howard Taft once came to dinner. Bring $ 1.65 million with you. That's the asking price of this mansion in Norfolk's historic Ghent.
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