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An 1856 oil painting of Winchester by Edward Beyer Map of Winchester, Virginia, and the surrounding Frederick County (Winchester is independent of the county but is the county seat). Winchester is located at 39°10′41″N 78°10′01″W / 39.178°N 78.167°W / 39.178; -78
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 Winchester, 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.
A city and county that share a name may be completely unrelated in geography. For example, Richmond County is nowhere near the City of Richmond, and Franklin County is even farther from the City of Franklin. More Virginia counties are named for women than in any other state. [4] Virginia's postal abbreviation is VA and its FIPS state code is 51.
Winchester was a site of volatile conditions during the Civil War of 1861–1865, with control shifting between the Confederate and Union armies on average once every three weeks during the war. Many battles were fought in Frederick County. Some of those battles included: First Battle of Kernstown, March 1862; First Battle of Winchester, May 1862
The Apple Blossom Mall is a 473,672 square feet (44,006 m 2) shopping mall that was built in 1982 on the south side of Winchester, Virginia. It has 83 stores, including anchor stores of Belk (formerly Leggett), AMC Classic, and JCPenney. [2] The mall's single vacant anchor space was once occupied by Sears.
The Winchester Historic District is a national historic district located at Winchester, Virginia.The district encompasses 1,116 contributing buildings in Winchester. The buildings represent a variety of popular architectural styles including Late Victorian and Italianate.
Winchester, VA–WV MSA is a U.S. metropolitan statistical area (MSA) as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as of June 2003. This should not be confused with the City of Winchester, Virginia , the most populous community within this MSA.
Virginia State Route 7 (VA 7) is a major primary state highway and busy commuter route in northern Virginia, United States. It travels southeast from downtown Winchester to SR 400 (Washington Street) in downtown Alexandria. Its route largely parallels those of the Washington & Old Dominion Trail (W&OD Trail) and the Potomac River.