Whitethorn
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.Photo: Lone Gazebo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: House
- Description: building in Virginia, United States
- Address: 200 Monticello Lane, Blacksburg, VA 24060
- Roof shape: hipped
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Linkous–Kipps House and Smithfield.
Linkous–Kipps House
House
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
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. Linkous–Kipps House is situated 2,200 feet west of Whitethorn.
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 1¼ miles northeast of Whitethorn.
Lane Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 2 miles northeast of Whitethorn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Merrimac and Prices Fork.
Merrimac
Village
Merrimac is a census-designated place in Montgomery County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Merrimac had a population of 2,858. It is part of the Blacksburg–Christiansburg Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Montgomery County and the city of Radford. Merrimac is situated 2 miles southeast of Whitethorn.
Prices Fork
Village
Prices Fork is a small traditionally agricultural census-designated place, in Montgomery County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Prices Fork had a population of 1,142. Prices Fork is situated 2½ miles west of Whitethorn.
Miller–Southside Residential Historic District
Neighborhood
Miller–Southside Residential Historic District is a national historic district located at Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Virginia. The district encompasses 165 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of the town of Blacksburg. Miller–Southside Residential Historic District is situated 2½ miles northeast of Whitethorn.
Whitethorn
- Categories: building, historic site, historic house, and residential building
- Location: Montgomery, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.20845° or 37° 12′ 30″ northLongitude
-80.4511° or 80° 27′ 4″ westInception
1855Levels
2Open location code
869X6G5X+9HOpenStreetMap ID
way 54782514OpenStreetMap feature
building=houseOpenStreetMap feature
historic=houseOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=hippedWikidata ID
Q14713527
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