Fields Penn 1860 House Museum

Fields Penn 1860 House Museum is a museum in Washington, Virginia which is located on West Main Street. Fields Penn 1860 House Museum is situated nearby to the tourism office Abingdon Visitor Center, as well as near Abindgon Federal Courthouse.

Opening hours:
Wednesday—Thursday: noon—5:00 PM
Friday—Saturday: 9:00 AM—5:00 PM
Sunday: 1:00 PM—5:00 PM
Type: Museum
Address: 208 West Main Street, Abingdon, VA 24210

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Barter Theatre and Martha Washington Inn.

Barter Theatre

Theater building

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Barter Theatre, in Abingdon, Virginia, opened on June 10, 1933. It is the longest-running professional Equity theatre in the United States. Barter Theatre is situated 870 feet northeast of Fields Penn 1860 House Museum.

Martha Washington Inn

Hotel

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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. Martha Washington Inn is situated 580 feet east of Fields Penn 1860 House Museum.

William King Museum of Art

Museum

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The William King Museum of Art is a visual arts and cultural heritage museum located in Abingdon, Virginia. It is housed in a historic 1913 former school building. William King Museum of Art is situated 2,700 feet west of Fields Penn 1860 House Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Abingdon and Hayter.

Abingdon

Town

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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 Fields Penn 1860 House Museum.

Fields Penn 1860 House Museum

Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Washington, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

36.70936° or 36° 42′ 34″ north

Longitude

-81.9775° or 81° 58′ 39″ west

Open location code

868WP25F+P2

OpenStreetMap ID

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