History

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  • Saltville, Historic Town
    During the Civil War, the North battled to gain control of this town, the main supplier of the salt the Confederate army used to preserve meat. See restored for
  • Sanders House Center

    The Sanders House Center includes a late 19th century home which was once the centerpiece of a 3,000 acre farm. Built in 1896, it has gorgeous solid oak wood

  • Schaeffer Memorial Baptist Church
    This church was part of the original Christiansburg Institute. It was built in 1885 in honor of Union Captain Charles S. Schaeffer who founded the school. It st
  • Scott County Courthouse
    The earliest portion of this courthouse was built in 1829; it was subsequently enlarged in the 1920s.
  • Sinking Spring Cemetery

    Sinking Spring Cemetery: Cemetery is the final resting place for Brig. Gen. John B. Floyd, Lt. Col. W.W. Blackford, Civil War era Richmond newspaper editor R

  • Smithfield Plantation Reference Library
    The reference library collection is housed inside Historic Smithfield Plantation house. It includes Preston Family information, Colonial and early Virginia info
  • Solitude

    Originally constructed as a log cabin in 1801 by James Patton Preston, who would become Governor. Solitude was the home of two other Virginia governors, John

  • Southwest Virginia Museum State Park

    Due to COVID-19, the museum is closed. Poplar Hill Cottage is open and available for rental.  

    Dedicated in 1948, the S

  • Special Collections at Virginia Tech
    Special Collection houses a vast array of letters, journal, pictures, and diaries. Includes a Manuscript Collection for the American Civil War, Online exhibits,
  • St. Albans Sanatorium-A Paranormal Investigation Site

    Described by many experienced paranormal teams as the "most active location on the east coast" – a night at St Albans Sanatorium is not for the weak or

  • St. Clair’s Bottom Primitive Baptist Church
    One of the Pre-Revolutionary churches in Southwest Virginia, organized in 1775, the present building was erected in 1851 on the site of a log meeting house deed
  • St. Michael’s Lutheran Church
    This modern day church sits on the site of the original St. Michael which was established in the 1750's and one of the earliest churches in the area. The old ch
  • Sunset Cemetery
    Sunset Cemetery is the largest public burying ground for the town of Christiansburg. It started humbly as small family parcels in the early 1800's and was offic
  • The Buchanan Theatre

    Placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior, the Buchanan Theatre has been recognized as Botetourt Cou

  • The Grove

    The Grove, an antebellum Greek Revival estate, built by John Stafford Hale and his wife, Margaret Ingles Saunders Hale, great-granddaughter of Mary Draper In

  • The Hillsville Diner
    A landmark to Hillsville since 1946, the Hillsville Diner is now the oldest continuously operating streetcar diner in the entire state of Virginia. Manufacture
  • The Lincoln Theatre

    A member of the League of Historic American Theatres, The Lincoln Theatre in Marion, Virginia, is one of three existing Art Deco Mayan Revival-style theaters

  • The Lyric Theatre

    A restored 1938 movie house, The Lyric Theatre provides the community with film, live plays, dance, music, and lectures. Since 1998, the Lyric has operated a

  • The Tavern-1779

    The Tavern: The oldest building in Abingdon, constructed in 1779, the Tavern served as a field hospital during the Civil War. In the hospital section on the

  • The Veteran’s Memorial at Cumberland Square Park

    The Bristol Veteran's Memorial, located on Cumberland Street, is dedicated to the honor and memory of those brave men and women of the United States who have

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