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Christiansburg (formerly Hans Meadows) is a town in the southwestern portion of the commonwealth of Virginia, in the county of Montgomery.It has served as the seat of government for the county since 1792 when it was formally recognized by the Virginia General Assembly. [6]
The Sunken Garden (often erroneously referred to as the Sunken Gardens [1]) is the central element of the Old Campus at the College of William & Mary.The garden consists of a long stretch of grass, about 2.7 acres (1.1 ha), lying lower than the surrounding area, that runs west from the rear of the Wren Building to Crim Dell pond.
A well-known local landmark, the Virginia Diner, is in Wakefield, the so-called "Peanut Capital of the World", and near the site of the first commercial peanut crop grown in the New World. US 460 clips the southern corner of Surry County on its way between Sussex and Southampton counties.
The Wren Building (constructed between 1695–1699 [4] [5] [1]) is the oldest standing building constructed for and in use by a U.S. college or university, [7] [8] [9] [better source needed] ahead of runner-up Harvard University's Massachusetts Hall (constructed in 1720). [7]
The mall opened in 1988. [4] Built by Crown American, it originally featured Hess's, J. C. Penney, Sears, and Leggett (now Belk). [5] The mall struggled with vacancy for several years, and was only at 75 percent occupancy for most of the 1990s.
State Route 236 (SR 236) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia.The state highway runs 15.63 miles (25.15 km) from U.S. Route 29 and US 50 in Fairfax east to SR 400 in Alexandria.
The Wren Cross became the subject of a culture war in 2006 after the college administration removed it from the altar "to make the Wren Chapel less of a faith-specific space". The Wren Cross is now normally held in a display case within the chapel, with individuals permitted to place it on the altar upon request. [ 102 ]
The winter wren (Troglodytes hiemalis) is a very small North American bird and a member of the mainly New World wren family Troglodytidae. The species contained the congeneric Pacific wren ( Troglodytes pacificus ) of western North America and Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) of Eurasia until they were split in 2010.