Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Freeman, Arthur Clarico II March 9, 1971
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The Virginian Pilot Tuesday March 9, 1971
Arthur C. Freeman, 92, Norfolk Civil Engineer

Arthur C. Freeman Sr. of 6225 Powhatan Ave., a retired civil engineer and a 
member of an old Norfolk family, died Tuesday in a Virginia Beach Nursing 
home.
Freeman, who was born Oct. 31, 1879, in the family homestead on West 
Freemason Street near Boush street, retired in 1948 after half a century in 
his profession.
As a consultant engineer, he designed the old iron bridge that spanned the 
Elizabeth River from Main Street in Norfolk to Berkley. It later was razed 
and replaced by the present bridge.
He was an engineer consultant for many subdivisions in the area, including 
Lochhaven and Ballentine Place. He was the chief engineer who designed the 
Little Creek boat harbor.
In 1906 he made an official survey of the Albemarle & Chesapeake Canal.
A lifelong resident of Norfolk, he was the husband of the late Mrs. Elsa 
Steinbeisser Freeman and a son of Arthur Clarico and Mrs. Emma Blow Freeman.
He was an 1893 graduate of the old Norfolk Academy. He graduated in 1897 
from Virginia Military Institute and a year later took his B.S. degree in 
civil engineering at VMI. He was one of the few to earn two degrees from 
VMI.
During World War II he was district engineer for Maritime Administration 
shipyards at Seattle, Wash., Jacksonville, Fla., and Providence, R.I.
He was a member of American Society of Civil Engineers, American Society of 
Professional Engineers, and Society of Naval Architects and Marine 
Engineers.
He was a charter member of Norfolk German Club, one of the early members of 
Norfolk Boat Club, and a member of Christ and St. Luke's Episcopal Church 
and Owens Masonic Lodge.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Harold Webster of Gasburg and Mrs. William 
Reed of Virginia Beach; a son, Arthur C. Freeman III of Norfolk; and eight 
grandchildren.
A private memorial service will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in Cedar Grove 
Cemetery by the Rev. A. Heath Light. H.D. Oliver Funeral Apartments has 
charge.



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