Abington Historic District

Abington Historic District is a neighborhood in Washington, Virginia. Abington Historic District is situated nearby to the town Abingdon, as well as near the neighborhood Shady Grove.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Barter Theatre and Martha Washington Inn.

Barter Theatre

Theater building

Photo: RebelAt, Public domain.

Barter Theatre, in Abingdon, Virginia, opened on June 10, 1933. It is the longest-running professional Equity theatre in the United States.

The Martha Washington Inn is a historic hotel located in Abingdon, Virginia. Originally built in 1832 by General Francis Preston, hero of the War of 1812, for his family of nine children, over the course of the last 174 years, the building has served as an upscale women's college, a Civil War hospital and barracks, and as a residence for visiting actors of the Barter Theatre.

St. Thomas Episcopal Church

Photo: HagiaSophia1984, CC BY-SA 4.0.

St. Thomas Episcopal Church is a historic parish of the Episcopal Church in Abingdon, Virginia, within the Diocese of Southwestern Virginia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Abingdon and Hayter.

Abingdon

Town

Photo: Waldo Jaquith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Abingdon is a town in and the county seat of Washington County, Virginia, United States, 133 miles southwest of Roanoke. The population was 8,375 at the 2020 census.

Hayter

Hamlet

Hayter is an unincorporated community in Washington County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. It has an elevation of 2,149 ft. Hayter is situated 3½ miles northeast of Abington Historic District.

Abington Historic District

Type: Neighborhood
Description: park in Washington County, Virginia, United States of America
Categories: historic district, historic site, and locality
Location: Washington, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

36.70983° or 36° 42′ 35″ north

Longitude

-81.97735° or 81° 58′ 39″ west

Elevation

2,064 feet (629 metres)

Open location code

868WP25F+W3

OpenStreetMap ID

node 356585885

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=district

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

GeoNames ID

4743827

Wikidata ID

Q49471784

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In Other Languages

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Abingdon Visitor Center and Fields Penn 1860 House Museum.

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