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[1] There are 24 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted April 12, 2024. [2] Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Current listings. See also.
[3]Name On The Register [4]ImageDate Listed [5]1Aspenvale CemeteryDecember 5, 1980 ( #80004226)2A.C. Beatie HouseJuly 5, 2001 ( #01000697)3H.L. Bonham HouseMay 11, 2000 ( #00000485)4Chilhowie Methodist Episcopal ChurchJuly 3, 1991 ( #91000830)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 ...
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Smyth County Virginia (Historic Districts) has 5 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 1 place of Statewide significance. Historic Places: Saltville Battlefields Historic District and Hungry Mother State Park Historic District, Downtown Chilhowie Historic District, Marion Historic ...
- Marion, Virginia and The Birthplace of Mountain Dew
- The Lincoln Theatre, Southwest Virginia’s Original “Movie Palace”
- Sallie’s Crying Tree and The African-American Stories of Smyth County
- The Settlers Museum of Southwest Virginia, Atkins
- The Smyth County Octagon House
- The Konnarock Training School, Now Blue Ridge Discovery Center
- The H.L. Bonham House and Visitor Center, Chilhowie
- Salt Park and “The Salt Capital of The Confederacy”
- Museum of The Middle Appalachians, Saltville
- Hungry Mother State Park and Roosevelt’s New Deal
Start your history tour at the front door of the Smyth County Museum. At your feet, you’ll find one of 26 historic markers, set into the brick sidewalks of the Marion historic district. Learn about the Marion origins of the soft drink Mountain Dew. Originally created as a chaser for hard liquor, the world famous yellow-green beverage owes its exist...
Charles C. Lincoln, Sr. was the wealthiest man in Marion, Virginia in the 1920s. After completion of The Lincoln Hotel (currently the General Francis Marion Hotel), Lincoln set his sights on bringing motion pictures to Marion. After returning from a business trip to Atlantic City, New Jersey, his mission was to replicate a grand movie palace that h...
An official Virginia historical marker relays the story of Sarah Elizabeth “Sallie” Adams (1841-1913), a young girl of about five when she, her mother, and other family members were sold at a slave auction at the Smyth County Courthouse. The results left the enslaved Sallie alone and a “body servant” to the sickly wife of Marion resident Thomas Thu...
The Settlers Museum of SouthwestVirginia is a 67 acre open-air museum that tells the story of the people who settled in the mountains of Virginia and how its unique culture was developed. The Migration Story of the people who came to these mountains in the mid-1700s is a tale of two groups, the Scotch-Irish and the Germans, who carved their farms f...
In 1856, Abijah Thomas was the foremost industrialist of Smyth County. When he decided to build a new home to reflect his status in the community, he bucked the architectural trends of the antebellum south, and commissioned an 8-sided brick mansion now known as The Octagon House. Why an octagon? He may have been inspired by architect Orson Fowler, ...
Built for the Women’s Missionary Society of the United Lutheran Church in America, the Konnarock Training School served as a private boarding school for girls and a public day school for children of underprivileged mountain families. The school’s curriculum focused on the cultural, spiritual, and social development of local students until the schoo...
The H. L. Bonham House in the town of Chilhowie, Smyth County, was completed in 1911 as the home of Hezekiah Love Bonham, a regionally prominent farmer and businessman who pioneered innovations in the cultivation, processing, and sale of apples in southwest Virginia. Designed in the Colonial Revival style by C. B. Kearfott, Jr., the Bonham House fe...
Learn about the fascinating role that salt played in the history of our country with a visit to Saltville, Virginia. From prehistoric mammals drawn to the salt licks, to early industrial development, and a major strategic focus of the Civil War, salt was at the center of this town’s history. Salt played such a crucial role in the Civil War that two...
For a deeper dive into the history of Saltville and the region, pay a visit to the Museum of the Middle Appalachians. Learn how geology has influenced the area’s history for millions of years. See the full-size replicas of ice age mammals that roamed the region over 15,000 years ago. View a display of Woodland Indian artifacts that includes an exte...
Hungry Mother State Parkis one of the region’s most popular destinations for outdoor fun, but it’s also listed on the National Register of Historic Places. John D. and Mildred Lincoln donated 1,881 acres to the state for the establishment of a state park in Smyth County on Hungry Mother Creek in 1933. Later that year the Civilian Conservation Corps...
This database contains more than 3,000 sites, properties, and districts listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register (VLR) and/or on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Beginning in 1965, the VLR and NRHP include places of historic, architectural, archaeological, and cultural significance across Virginia.
Jun 15, 2023 · State Adds 11 Historic Sites to the Virginia Landmarks Register. Published June 15, 2023. —New listings are in the counties of Northampton, Russell, Smyth, Augusta, and King William; in the cities of Charlottesville, Richmond, and Norfolk; and in the towns of New Market and Amherst—. Among 11 places listed today in the Virginia Landmarks ...
Jun 2, 2023 · The Preston House, located near Saltville in Smyth County, was originally the home of Francis Preston, who represented the area in Congress and controlled the salt-producing lands in the vicinity. Begun in 1795 and later expanded, the house was demolished for a new dwelling in 1978. Many properties listed in the registers are private dwellings ...
