Area 0 acres (0 ha) NRHP Reference # 69000280 Designated VLR March 15, 2000 Added to NRHP 25 November 1969 | Built 1842 (1842) VLR # 189-0003 Opened 1842 | |
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Location S of jct. of Rtes. 645 and U.S. 11, near Marion, Virginia Architectural styles Greek Revival architecture, Federal architecture | ||
Preston House, also known as Herondon and the John Montgomery Preston House, is a historic home located near Marion, Smyth County, Virginia. It was built in 1842, and is a two-story, five bay, brick Federal style dwelling. It features two closely matched doorways with a transom and sidelights, framed and divided by slender Tuscan order columns with an entablature and Greek Revival block composition above. The house was built "as a tavern or stagecoach inn along the Wilderness Road." This inn served travellers for some 22 years until 1864.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.
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