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View of Abingdon c. 1845 Barter Theatre. The region was long the territory of varying cultures of indigenous peoples, including the Chisca and Xualae.From the late 17th-century, it was occupied by the Cherokee Nation, whose territory extended from the present-day area of borders of Tennessee, Virginia, and Kentucky through the spine of North Carolina and later into Georgia.
Abingdon Glebe House is a historic home located near Gloucester, Gloucester County, Virginia. It was built around 1700, and is T-shaped brick structure with one-story hipped roof end pavilions flanking the central portion of the house. The central portion and rear ell are topped by steep gable roofs. It was extensively renovated about 1954.
Abingdon Bank. 225 E. Main St., Abingdon, VA c. 1845 Greek revival/Late Victorian architecture: Originally housed a resident cashier and his family in one section, and bank, counting room, and vault in the other. [6] Fields-Penn House 208 W. Main St. 1860 Georgian proportions and Greek revival elements [8]
White's Mill is a historic grist mill located near Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia. It dates to the mid-19th century, and is a frame two-story structure resting on a down slope basement with a full attic sheltered by a gable roof. It has a Fitz waterwheel and great gear wheel, buhr runs, roller mills, elevators and bolting machinery.
In 1800, Walter Alexander obtained ownership of the southern half of the estate, which contained the 545 acres (221 ha) on which the Abingdon house stood. [2] [11] [27] In 1805, George Wise acquired a portion of Abingdon that included the house. [28] Others acquired different parts of Walter Alexander's Abingdon property. [29]
Rev. Walter Riley, Worcester Fire Department chaplain, blesses the new Engine 3 during a ceremony July 9, 2020.
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In 1865, after the end of the Civil War, the Abingdon estate's heir, Alexander Hunter, filed a federal lawsuit to recover the property. James A. Garfield , a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives who was a brigadier general in the Union Army during the Civil War and later became the 20th President of the United States , was an ...