Stono
Stono, also known as Jordan's Point, is a historic home located at Lexington, Virginia. It was built about 1818, and is a cruciform shaped brick dwelling consisting of a two-story, three-bay, central section with one-story, two-bay, flanking wings.Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
- Type: University building
- Description: historic house in Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “Turman House”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cormack Field House and Jordan’s Point Historic District.
Cormack Field House
Cormack Field House or "The Pit" is the track and field facility for the Virginia Military Institute Keydets, located in Lexington, Virginia. It was VMI's home for basketball until 1981, when Cameron Hall was completed as the new VMI basketball arena. Cormack Field House is situated 470 feet south of Stono.Jordan’s Point Historic District
Park
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
The Jordan's Point Historic District encompasses a collection of historic industrial resources at Jordan's Point Park in Lexington, Virginia. The area, long a major local crossing point of the Maury River, was developed about 1800 by John Jordan and John Moorhead, who established a sawmill on the site. Jordan’s Point Historic District is situated 880 feet northeast of Stono.
Virginia Military Institute Historic District
Historic site
The Virginia Military Institute Historic District is a 12-acre National Historic Landmark District encompassing the historic central core of the Virginia Military Institute campus in Lexington, Virginia. Virginia Military Institute Historic District is situated 1,400 feet west of Stono.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lexington and Mechanicsville.
Lexington
Town
Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lexington is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 7,320. It is the county seat of Rockbridge County, although the two are separate jurisdictions, and is combined with it for statistical purposes by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Mechanicsville
Locality
Mechanicsville is an unincorporated community in Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States. Mechanicsville is 3 miles southwest of Buena Vista. Mechanicsville is situated 6 miles south of Stono.
Buena Vista
Town
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
Buena Vista is an independent city located in the Blue Ridge Mountains region of Virginia in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,641. Buena Vista is situated 6 miles southeast of Stono.
Stono
- Categories: building and education
- Location: Lexington, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.79039° or 37° 47′ 25″ northLongitude
-79.43104° or 79° 25′ 52″ westOperator
Virginia Military InstituteOpen location code
8792QHR9+5HOpenStreetMap ID
way 249237913OpenStreetMap feature
building=universityWikidata ID
Q16900748
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