Virginia - Smyth County - Historic Districts
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. Significant places include Saltville Battlefields Historic District and Hungry Mother State Park Historic District, Downtown Chilhowie Historic District, Marion Historic District and Saltville Historic District.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Smyth County places including R.L. Poor, E.L. Myers and T. Buckler Chequior. Prominent architectural styles found in Smyth Country are Beaux Arts, Classical Revival and Gothic Revival.

Downtown Chilhowie Historic District (added 2000 - - #00000065)
Also known as 189-0001
Main St. S. Whitetop Rd. and Lee Hwy. , Chilhowie
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
Hungry Mother State Park Historic District (added 2007 - - #07000303)
Also known as DHR Number: 086-0015, Hungry Mother State Park
2854 Park Blvd. , Marion
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
Marion Historic District (added 2000 - - #00000888)
Also known as 119-0012
Roughly along Main, Cherry, Strother, Lee, North College and College Sts. , Marion
BotMultichillT, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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
Saltville Battlefields Historic District (added 2010 - - #10000096)
Also known as 295-5001
SR 91, SR 107, CR 632 , Saltville
KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
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