Linkous–Kipps House
Linkous–Kipps House is a historic home in Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Virginia. A well-preserved example of early-19th-century architecture in the area, it is a two-story, L-shaped log structure with a hall-parlor plan layout.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: House
- Description: historic house in Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “Linkous-Kipps House”
- Address: 2190 Merrimac Road, Blacksburg, VA 24060
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Whitethorn and Smithfield.
Whitethorn
House
Photo: Lone Gazebo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Whitethorne is a historic plantation house located at Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Virginia. It was built about 1855, by James Francis Preston, who received the land from his father, Governor of Virginia, James Patton Preston. Whitethorn is situated 2,200 feet east of Linkous–Kipps House.
Smithfield
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Smithfield is a plantation house in Blacksburg, Virginia, built from 1772 to 1774 by Col. William Preston to be his residence and the headquarters of his farm. Smithfield is situated 1½ miles northeast of Linkous–Kipps House.
Lane Stadium
Stadium
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Lane Stadium is a college football stadium in the eastern United States, located on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia. Lane Stadium is situated 2½ miles east of Linkous–Kipps House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Prices Fork and Merrimac.
Prices Fork
Village
Prices Fork is a small traditionally agricultural census-designated place, in Montgomery County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 Census was 1,066. Prices Fork is situated 2 miles west of Linkous–Kipps House.
Merrimac
Village
Merrimac is a census-designated place in Montgomery County, Virginia, United States. The population was 2,133 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Blacksburg–Christiansburg Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Montgomery County and the city of Radford. Merrimac is situated 2½ miles southeast of Linkous–Kipps House.
Blacksburg
Photo: Smash the Iron Cage, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Blacksburg is an incorporated town in Montgomery County, Virginia, United States, with a population of 44,826 at the 2020 census. Blacksburg and the surrounding county is dominated economically and demographically by the presence of Virginia Tech.
Linkous–Kipps House
- Categories: heritage site, building, historic site, and residential building
- Location: Montgomery, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.20754° or 37° 12′ 27″ northLongitude
-80.45867° or 80° 27′ 31″ westLevels
2Open location code
869X6G5R+2GOpenStreetMap ID
way 54782400OpenStreetMap feature
building=detachedOpenStreetMap feature
historic=heritageWikidata ID
Q14712708
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In Other Languages
“Linkous–Kipps House” goes by many names.
- French: “Linkous-Kipps House”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kipps Cemetery and Bill Brown Stadium.
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