Standing proudly atop well-manicured rolling hills, the Cavalier Hotel in Virginia Beach dates to 1927. The building itself is an art-deco gem writ large in bricks—over half a million of them—which is the most ever used on a single building in Virginia. It features a massive sunken garden that produced flowers used as decorations throughout the hotel. Bathtubs were initially equipped with an extra handle that allowed guests to run seawater baths, and sinks featured ice water taps that drew from a giant ice-filled tub on the roof. The Cavalier’s radio…
