Virginia School for the Deaf, Blind and Multi-Disabled at Hampton
The Virginia General Assembly passed a law in 1906 to establish the school.Whitehead served for twenty years, overseeing significant improvements to the quality and variety of instruction offered, and an increase in extracurricular activities.[7] In 1978 the state unveiled a $1.8 million capital improvement plan for the Hampton campus.[3] Phenix Industrial LLC, a real estate company, bought 23 acres (9.3 ha) of the former property for $908,000.[12] The campus, located at 700 Shell Road near Hampton’s boarder with Newport News had 72 acres (29 ha) of space.