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The Solar Hill Historic District encompasses an architecturally significant early 20th century residential neighborhood near the center of Bristol, Virginia.The district covers an area of about 27 acres (11 ha), bounded on the north by the Norfolk and Southern Railroad and Scott Street, on the west by West Street, on the east by Johnson Street, and on the south by Cumberland Street.
Greenwich Powder Magazine (as it appeared in 1738) The peninsula was drained by Dutch engineers in the 16th century, allowing it to be used as pasture land. In the 17th century, Blackwall Point (the northern tip of the peninsula, opposite Blackwall) gained notoriety as a location where pirates' corpses were hung in cages as a deterrent to other would-be pirates.
The large brick home is the most historic house in Bristol, Virginia. The handmade brick residence was built 1816-1820 by Colonel James King on the highest point of his property overlooking his meadows where he raised cattle. The settlement was once known as “King’s Meadows” before it took the name of Bristol nearly half a century later.
Bristol is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia.As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,219. [4] It is the twin city of Bristol, Tennessee, just across the state line, which runs down the middle of its main street, State Street.
Virginia Hill Historic District is a national historic district located at Bristol, Virginia. The district encompasses 134 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential area of Bristol. The district encompasses 134 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential area of Bristol.
The Greenwich Presbyterian Church and Cemetery was established around 1833 on land gifted from Charles Green, owner of an adjacent estate known as The Lawn. The adjacent cemetery has over 500 headstones [5] and includes the graves of several American Civil War soldiers, including Captain Bradford Smith Hoskins, a colorful Englishman who rode with Colonel John S. Mosby.
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Greenwich Millennium Village (GMV) is a mixed-tenure modern development on an urban village model located on the Greenwich Peninsula in Greenwich, in south-east London, and part of the Millennium Communities Programme under English Partnerships (now renamed Homes and Communities Agency).