Whitethorn
Virginia, United States
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Whitethorne is a historic plantation house in Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Virginia, built around 1855 by James Francis Preston, a West Point graduate and lawyer whose father was Governor of Virginia. The large two-story brick dwelling combines Italian Villa style with Greek Revival and Renaissance Revival elements, featuring an L-shaped plan with a shallow hipped roof and a prominent one-story front porch supported by Tuscan-order columns. Preston served as a captain in the Mexican–American War and later as colonel of the 4th Virginia Infantry under Stonewall Jackson during the Civil War, commanding at First Manassas before being wounded and forced to resign. He died in 1862 at age 49. The property remained with the Preston family until 1889, when it was purchased by Beverly Stockton Heth, a Radford banker. A contributing two-story brick office building also stands on the grounds. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated a Virginia Historic Landmark, Whitethorne and 50 acres are still owned by Heth family descendants, with the broader estate largely developed as a planned community beginning in the 1970s.
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- building
- Heritage
- National Register of Historic Places listed place, Virginia Historic Landmark
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- Virginia, United States
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