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.

Alumni Memorial Field

Pitch

Photo: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0.

Alumni Memorial Field at Foster Stadium is a 10,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in Lexington, Virginia, United States. It opened in 1962. It is home to the Virginia Military Institute Keydets football team. Alumni Memorial Field is situated 1,200 feet southwest of Stono.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lexington and Mechanicsville.

Lexington

Town

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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, called "BV" by locals, 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
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Latitude

37.79039° or 37° 47′ 25″ north

Longitude

-79.43104° or 79° 25′ 52″ west

Operator

Virginia Military Institute

Open location code

8792QHR9+5H

OpenStreetMap ID

way 249237913

OpenStreetMap feature

building=university

Wikidata ID

Q16900748

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