Winchester Historic District, Winchester

Name: Winchester Historic District
Address: Winchester, United States

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Winchester Historic District, Winchester

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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. They include residential, commercial, governmental, industrial, and institutional buildings dating from the 18th to mid-20th centuries. Notable buildings include the A.M.E Church, Masonic Lodge and Gray and Eddy Building, First Presbyterian Church, Farmers and Merchants Bank, Frederick County Courthouse, Grace Lutheran Church, Friendship Fire Hall, John Kerr School, City Hall, Lewis Jones Knitting Mill, Tidball Residence, William F. Hottle Residence, McGuire Residence, and Robert Long House. Located in the district are the separately listed Thomas J. Jackson Headquarters, Fair Mount, Handley Library, Adam Kurtz House, and Daniel Morgan House. ()

Built: 1750 (274 years ago)Coordinates: 39°11'2"N, 78°10'0"W

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Winchester United States

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Winchester Historic District – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Stonewall Jackson's Headquarters Museum, Glen Burnie, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, Abram's Delight.

0.4 miN
Museum, History museum, Specialty museum
Stonewall Jackson's Headquarters Museum, Winchester
10 min walk • The Stonewall Jackson's Headquarters Museum is a historic house located at 415 North Braddock Street in the Historic District of Winchester, Virginia.
0.7 miW
Museum, Georgian architecture
Glen Burnie, Winchester
17 min walk • Glen Burnie is a historic home located at Winchester, Virginia. It consists of a 2 1/2-story central section built in two sections about 1794, with flanking two-bay, two-story wings built in 1959. It is a brick dwelling in the Georgian style. Built in 1794 by Robert Wood, son of James and Mary Wood. James founded Frederick Town in 1744.
0.8 miW
Museum, History museum, Art museum
Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, Winchester
20 min walk • The Museum of the Shenandoah Valley is located at 901 Amherst Street, Winchester, Virginia. The Museum endeavours to preserve and enrich the cultural life and heritage of the Valley.
1.1 miS
Museum, Historical place, History museum
Abram's Delight, Winchester
27 min walk • Abram's Delight is a historic home located in Winchester, Virginia. Built in 1754, it is the oldest house in the city. It was owned by the Hollingsworth family for almost 200 years and is typical of the Shenandoah Valley architecture of the Scotch-Irish settlers.
0.4 miS
Museum, Historical place, Greek Revival architecture
Patsy Cline House, Winchester
11 min walk • The Patsy Cline Historic House at 608 S. Kent St. in a working-class neighborhood of Winchester, Virginia was the home from 1948 to 1953 of Virginia Patterson Hensley, who later became the country music star known as Patsy Cline.
~540 ftNW
Church
Christ Episcopal Church, Winchester
3 min walk • Christ Church, or Christ Episcopal Church, is an Anglican church in Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia. The church was founded in 1738, with its first vestry elected in 1742.
1.3 miSE
Opera, Theater, Concerts and shows
Shenandoah University, Winchester
35 min walk • Shenandoah University is a private university in Winchester, Virginia. It has an enrollment of approximately 4,000 students across more than 200 areas of study in six schools: College of Arts & Sciences, School of Business, Shenandoah Conservatory, Bernard J.
0.5 miE
Cemetery
Winchester National Cemetery, Winchester
14 min walk • Winchester National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Winchester in Frederick County, Virginia.
~1970 ftE
Church
Old Stone Church, Winchester
10 min walk • Old Stone Church is a historic church at 304 E. Piccadilly Street in Winchester, Virginia. The church meeting house was constructed in 1788. Upon its completion, local Presbyterians began worshipping in the building.
1 miSE
39°10'22"N • 78°9'18"W
Jim Barnett Park, Winchester
26 min walk • Park
1.4 miNE
Forts and castles
Fort Collier, Winchester
35 min walk • Built by Confederate Lieutenant Collier and Virginia militia with the aid of Federal prisoners, the Fort Collier redoubt guarded the north entrance of Winchester, Virginia on the east side of the Martinsburg Pike.

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Which popular attractions are close to Winchester Historic District?

Nearby attractions include Christ Episcopal Church, Winchester (3 min walk), Frederick County Courthouse, Winchester (4 min walk), Adam Kurtz House, Winchester (4 min walk), Handley Library, Winchester (5 min walk).