National Register of Historic Places - Virginia (VA), Smyth County

Smyth County Virginia has 23 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 9 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Saltville Battlefields Historic District, Aspenvale Cemetery, Fox Farm Site, Henderson Building, Southwestern State Hospital and Hungry Mother State Park Historic District.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Wythe and Radford dating back to 1000.

Several famous people are associated with these Smyth County historic places including Francis Preston, Gen. William Campbell and Hezekiah Love Bonham.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Smyth County places including R.L. Poor, Henry Carl Messerschmidt, E.L. Myers, Francis Irby, MacDonald Bros., Lewman & Sweeney, Abijah Thomas, R. E. L. Smith, Jesse Dungan and Eubank & Caldwell. Prominent architectural styles found in Smyth Country are Queen Anne, Beaux Arts and Classical Revival.

Aspenvale Cemetery (added 1980 - - #80004226)

Off U.S. 11 , Seven Mile Ford

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Historic Significance:

Person

Historic Person:

Campbell,Gen. William

Significant Year:

1781, 1823, 1780

Area of Significance:

Military, Exploration/Settlement

Period of Significance:

1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery

Current Function:

Funerary

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery

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Beatie, A.C., House (added 2001 - - #01000697)

249 W. Lee Hwy. , Chilhowie

KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Pendleton, J. William

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture, Agriculture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

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Bonham, H.L., House (added 2000 - - #00000485)

Also known as 189-0003

408 White Top Rd. , Chilhowie

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Kearfoot, C.B.,Jr.

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival

Historic Person:

Bonham, Hezekiah Love

Significant Year:

1911

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Agriculture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

More Information:

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Chilhowie Methodist Episcopal Church (added 1991 - - #91000830)

Also known as Chilhowie United Methodist Church;DHR File No. 86-14

501 Old Stage Rd. , Chilhowie

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Late Gothic Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure

More Information:

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Downtown Chilhowie Historic District (added 2000 - - #00000065)

Also known as 189-0001

Main St. S. Whitetop Rd. and Lee Hwy. , Chilhowie

James Shelton32~commonswiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Beaux Arts

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Commerce/Trade, Government

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Business, Post Office, Restaurant, Storage

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Business

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Fox Farm Site (added 1978 - - #78003045)

Address Restricted , McMullin

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Wythe, Radford

Period of Significance:

1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Village Site

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Greer, R. T., and Company (added 1997 - - #97000481)

Also known as Herb House;File #119-5001

107 Pendleton St. , Marion

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Social History, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Warehouse

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Specialty Store

More Information:

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Henderson Building, Southwestern State Hospital (added 1990 - - #89001919)

Also known as DHL 119-4

E. Main St. , Marion

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Lewman & Sweeney, MacDonald Bros.

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Health/Medicine, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Health Care

Historic Sub-function:

Hospital

Current Function:

Health Care

Current Sub-function:

Hospital

More Information:

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Hotel Lincoln (added 1995 - - #95000897)

Also known as VDHR File No. 119-10; General Francis Marion Hotel;Lincoln I

107 E. Main St. , Marion

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Eubank & Caldwell

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Hotel

More Information:

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Hungry Mother State Park Historic District (added 2007 - - #07000303)

Also known as DHR Number: 086-0015, Hungry Mother State Park

2854 Park Blvd. , Marion

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Myers, E.L., et.al.

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Modern Movement

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation, Landscape Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Camp, Department Store, Outdoor Recreation, Park, Public Works, Restaurant, Road-Related

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Camp, Department Store, Outdoor Recreation, Park, Restaurant, Road-Related

More Information:

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Konnarock Training School (added 1997 - - #97000483)

Also known as Konnarock Lutheran Girls School;DHR site no. 86-0027

Jct. of VA 603 and VA 600 , Konnarock

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Smith, R. E. L., Messerschmidt, Henry Carl

Architectural Style:

Other, Bungalow/Craftsman

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Education, Health Care, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Clinic, Educational Related Housing, Religious Structure, School, Secondary Structure

Current Function:

Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Lincoln Theatre (added 1992 - - #92001710)

Also known as DHR File No. 119-09

117 E. Main St. , Marion

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Novelty Scenic Studios, Eubank & Caldwell

Architectural Style:

Other, Exotic Revival

Area of Significance:

Art, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Theater

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

More Information:

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Marion Historic District (added 2000 - - #00000888)

Also known as 119-0012

Roughly along Main, Cherry, Strother, Lee, North College and College Sts. , Marion

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne, Beaux Arts

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Politics/Government, Commerce, Education

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Religion, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Meeting Hall, Post Office, Religious Structure, Restaurant, Single Dwelling, Theater

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Recreation And Culture, Religion, Social, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Business, Meeting Hall, Post Office, Religious Structure, Restaurant, Single Dwelling, Theater

Marion Male Academy (added 1989 - - #89001915)

Also known as Marion Male High School;DHL 119-6

343 College St. , Marion

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Italianate

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Education

Historic Sub-function:

School, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Norfolk & Western Railway Depot (added 1995 - - #95000025)

Also known as VDHR No. 119-03

651 N. Main St. , Marion

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Nesbit, J. C.

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Transportation

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Business, Professional, Specialty Store

More Information:

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Old Stone Tavern (added 1982 - - #82004595)

US 11 , Atkins

James Shelton32, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Exploration/Settlement, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1800-1824

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

More Information:

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Preston House (added 1969 - - #69000280)

Also known as Herondon;John Montgomery Preston House

S of jct. of Rtes. 645 and U.S. 11 , Marion

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Federal, Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Preston House (added 1976 - - #76002120)

Also known as Palmer House

VA 107 , Saltville

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Historic Significance:

Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Dungan,Jesse, Irby,Francis

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Historic Person:

Preston,Francis

Significant Year:

1795

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Politics/Government, Architecture, Industry

Period of Significance:

1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

More Information:

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Saltville Battlefields Historic District (added 2010 - - #10000096)

Also known as 295-5001

SR 91, SR 107, CR 632 , Saltville

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Poor, R.L.

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Military, Engineering, Black

Cultural Affiliation:

Euro-American, African-American

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Defense, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Battle Site, Extractive Facility, Extractive Facility, Fortification, Manufacturing Facility, Road-Related

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Funerary, Government, Religion, Social

Current Sub-function:

Business, Cemetery, City Hall, Meeting Hall, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling

Saltville Historic District (added 2002 - - #02000367)

Also known as 295-0001

Main St., 1st Ave., Palmer Ave, Palmer Ln., Stadium Dr., and Henrytown Rd. , Saltville

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Chequior, T. Buckler

Architectural Style:

Gothic Revival, Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Commerce, Industry, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Religion, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Meeting Hall, Post Office, Religious Structure, Restaurant, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Religion, Social, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Business, Meeting Hall, Post Office, Religious Structure, Restaurant, Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Scott--Walker House (added 1994 - - #94000450)

Also known as VDHR No. 86-26

VA 635 E side, 2 mi. SE of Saltville , Saltville

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1800-1824

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Smyth County Community Hospital (added 2015 - - #15000908)

Marion, Marion

James Shelton32, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

International Style

Area of Significance:

Social History, Health/Medicine, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974 AD

Thomas, Abijah, House (added 1980 - - #80004225)

SW of Marion on VA 657 , Marion

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Thomas,Abijah

Architectural Style:

Octagon Mode

Area of Significance:

Art, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

More Information:

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