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On January 17, 1965, the Ruritan held its 35th national convention in Philadelphia with World War I ace Eddie Rickenbacker as the keynote speaker. [6] That year, it was the sixth largest civic club in the United States with more than 1,000 clubs in nineteen states. [6] In 2024, Ruritan National has over 23,000 members in more than 900 local ...
Historical marker at Galax. The area that later became Galax was part of an 800-acre (320 ha) land grant given to James Buchanan in 1756 by the British Crown. The first plat map for Galax is dated December 1903; [5] The town founders selected the site for the city on a wide expanse of meadowland bisected by Chestnut Creek and sitting at an altitude of 2,500 feet (760 m) on a plateau. [6]
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the independent city of Galax, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
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Bush Mill, also known as Bond Roller Mill, is a historic grist mill located near Nickelsville, Scott County, Virginia.It was built in 1896, and is a three-story, log and timber frame building on a limestone foundation.
Within the Village Center are homes, two marinas, a restaurant, post office, and a former community center (originally this building was the old Rescue school constructed in 1925, which ultimately served as the meeting place for the Rescue Community League and Ruritan Club).
The majority of the buildings were built in the 1920s. Notable buildings include the old fire station (c. 1920), Colonial Theater (1930), Waugh Department Store (1904), Rex Theater (1938), and Galax Municipal Building (1908). [3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002, with a boundary increase in 2008. [1]
Location of Westmoreland County in Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Westmoreland County, Virginia.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Westmoreland County, Virginia, United States.