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View of Abingdon c. 1845 Barter Theatre. The region was long the territory of varying cultures of indigenous peoples, including the Chisca and Xualae.From the late 17th-century, it was occupied by the Cherokee Nation, whose territory extended from the present-day area of borders of Tennessee, Virginia, and Kentucky through the spine of North Carolina and later into Georgia.
Nag's Head Island is an island in the River Thames in Oxfordshire, England at Abingdon. It sits in the middle of the two Abingdon Bridges on the reach above Culham Lock . The part of the island on the upstream side of the bridge is occupied by the Nag's Head public house , which gave the island its name, [ 1 ] a nag being a useless horse.
In 1971, the Penn family sold the home to the Penn House Preservation Foundation, which later conveyed it to the Town of Abingdon. The William King Regional Arts Center managed the home beginning in 1995. Today, the Fields-Penn 1860 House museum is operated by the Town of Abingdon [8] The Tavern 222 E. Main St. 1779
Mont Calm — also known as Montcalm — is a historic house in Abingdon, Virginia, United States. It is a two-story, five-bay brick farmhouse constructed in the Federal style that dates back to 1827. Its two-story extension, which was added in approximately 1905, is 40 feet long and 30 feet broad.
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.
The Southwest Virginia Cultural Center and Marketplace (formerly Heartwood) [1] is a visitor center, music venue, artisan marketplace, and community space located in Southwest Virginia in Abingdon, Virginia and is the gateway to regional craft, music, food outdoors, and local culture.
The Moonlite Theatre, also known as the Moonlite Drive-In, is a historic drive-in theater located near Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia.It was built and opened in 1949, and remained one of the few drive-ins still open in Virginia until finally closing in 2013.
Andersey Island. Andersey Island is a 273-acre (110.5 ha) area of flood-meadow and former flood-meadow south-east of Abingdon Bridge, Abingdon, Oxfordshire on the reach above Culham Lock in which parish it lies however maintaining close links with Abingdon by virtue of its current amenities.