Virginia - Highland County
Highland County Virginia has 7 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Crab Run Lane Truss Bridge and Monterey Hotel, GW Jeep Site, Mansion House and McClung Farm Historic District.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Middle To Late Archaic dating back to 5499 BC.

The famous person George Washington Hull is associated with one of more of the Highland County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Highland County places including Virginia State Board of Education, James Smiley and Luther Wayne Puffenbarger. Prominent architectural styles found in Highland Country are Classical Revival, Federal and Greek Revival.

Crab Run Lane Truss Bridge (added 2009 - - #09000728)
VA 645 over Crab Run , McDowell
Bitmapped, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Pedestrian Related
More Information:
GW Jeep Site (added 1993 - - #93001443)
Also known as FS #09-21-03-202;State #46 PH 94
Address Restricted , Monterey
Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Middle To Late Archaic
Period of Significance:
5000-5499 BC, 4500-4999 BC, 4000-4499 BC, 3500-3999 BC, 3000-3499 BC, 2500-2999 BC, 2000-2499 BC, 1500-1999 BC, 1000-1499 BC
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Camp, Pedestrian Related, Processing Site
Current Function:
Domestic, Recreation And Culture, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Camp, Road-Related
Jones, C.P., House and Law Office (added 2013 - - #13000989)
144 & 160 W. Main St., Monterey
Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Mansion House (added 2006 - - #05001619)
Also known as 045-0004, 44HD0068
VA 645, 161 Mansion House Rd. , McDowell
Eschena, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Person, Event
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Historic Person:
Hull, George Washington
Significant Year:
1862, 1851
Area of Significance:
Military, Transportation, Architecture, Art
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum, Secondary Structure
More Information:
McClung Farm Historic District (added 1991 - - #90002195)
Also known as DHR File No. 45-11;DHR File No. 45-112;DHR File No. 45-113
Address Restricted , McDowell
MountainRail, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Smiley,James
Architectural Style:
Other, Federal
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Domestic, Funerary, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Cemetery, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Cemetery, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
Monterey High School (added 2002 - - #02000178)
Also known as Highland High School; Monterey Elementary School, Highland Elementary School; Highland Center; VDHR 262-0082
Spruce St., 0.5 mi. S of US 250 , Monterey
Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Virginia State Board of Education, Puffenbarger, Luther Wayne
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Social
Current Sub-function:
Civic
More Information:
Monterey Hotel (added 1974 - - #74002130)
Also known as Highland Inn
Main St. (U.S. 250) , Monterey
Bitmapped, 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:
Commerce, Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Hotel
More Information:
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