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  2. National Register of Historic Places listings in Winchester ...

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    November 8, 2005 (608 S. Kent St. 3: Douglas School: Douglas School: May 26, 2000 (598 N. Kent St. Built in 1927 as a "separate but equal" school for African American students but converted to a community center in 1966 after desegregation; may have been named for Frederick Douglass, despite the spelling difference.

  3. Winchester Historic District (Winchester, Virginia) - Wikipedia

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    Amherst Street, Winchester, Winchester, VA: 6 measured drawings at Historic American Buildings Survey; Lawyer's Row, 30, 32, 34 & 36 Rouss Avenue, Winchester, Winchester, VA: 5 measured drawings and 2 data pages at Historic American Buildings Survey

  4. Burning of Winchester Medical College - Wikipedia

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    Winchester Medical College, Winchester, Virginia (detail). Note the white cupula over the glass dome. The medical school in Winchester was the first in the state. The Medical College of the Valley of Virginia was incorporated December 30, 1825, by the Virginia General Assembly. [29] [30] It operated from 1826 to 1829.

  5. Shenandoah University - Wikipedia

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    Two days later, Brady resigned, and Dr. Forrest Racey, Class of 1923, took over as president. Continuing Brady's work with the City of Winchester. Shenandoah May 17th, 1959 [ 8 ] Shenandoah College auctioned off its Dayton campus for $107,875 [ 10 ] and construction began on the new campus on February 6th, 1958—opening in Winchester in ...

  6. Frederick County, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Its county seat is Winchester. [2] The county was formed in 1743 by the splitting of Orange County. It is Virginia's northernmost county. Frederick County is included in the Winchester, VA-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA Combined Statistical Area.

  7. Old Stone Church (Winchester, Virginia) - Wikipedia

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    The church meeting house was constructed in 1788. Upon its completion, local Presbyterians began worshipping in the building. In 1800, the Winchester Presbytery officially established the congregation as the "Presbyterian Church in Winchester." The first pastor was the Rev. Dr. William Hill. [3]

  8. Stonewall Jackson's Headquarters Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Jacksons lived in the house until March 1862, when the General Jackson left Winchester to begin his Valley Campaign. While living here, the Jacksons became very fond of the people and culture of Winchester, and referred to it as their "winter home", hoping to settle here after the Civil War. In a letter to Anna shortly after he arrived ...

  9. The George Washington Hotel (Winchester, Virginia) - Wikipedia

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    The George Washington Hotel is a historic hotel located in downtown Winchester, Virginia. It was built in 1924 by The American Hotel Corporation, as part of their "Colonial Chain" of hotels. Like many hotels of the era, the property was built in close proximity of a B&O train station and was constructed to provide lodging to railroad passengers ...