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Mansion House (McDowell, Virginia)

Mansion House is a historic home located at McDowell, Highland County, Virginia, built in 1851. The house served as an American Civil War hospital around the time of the Battle of McDowell on May 8, 1862. In 1886, it became a hotel; it was sold in 1930 and became a boarding house two years later. The house is now owned by the Highland Historical Society and operated as the Highland County Museum. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. History and description The house was built in 1851 on the Staunton and Parkersburg Turnpike by George Washington Hull, a member of a prominent local family and a delegate to the Virginia Secession Convention of 1861. It was used as a hospital by during the Battle of McDowell by both Union and Confederate forces. Hull died shortly before the battle of typhoid fever and his wife could not maintain the family estate without the labor of the eight slaves that her husband had owned. The house was sold at auction in April 1881, but the title was not transferred until the auction price was fully paid off on October 25, 1886. The new owners converted it into the Mansion House Hotel to serve summertime tourists and the traffic on the Turnpike. The business failed during the Great Depression and Mansion House was auctioned off in early 1930. Two years later it became a boarding house. It was sold to the Highland Historical Society in 2001. The building is a two-story, three-bay, ell-shaped brick dwelling in the Greek Revival style. "The front portion of the dwelling has a central-passage/single-pile-plan. The rear two-bay ell forms an extension that is flush with the west gable-end elevation. The façade features Flemish bond brickwork, with five-course American bond used elsewhere. The building rests on a cut-stone foundation and is topped by a standing-seam metal roof. A 1950s-era front porch has been removed and replaced by a Greek Revival-style wooden entry porch featuring paired columns and a roofline balustrade. This reconstruction was based on a circa 1880 photograph of the house and on a recent archaeological assessment of the site. Facade openings are symmetrically placed. The central front entrance features a paneled door with sidelights and transom. All windows feature double-hung, six-over-six wood sashes, with the exception of four-pane attic windows that flank each of the two end wall chimneys. A third chimney projects from the ridge of the ell. Original paneled doors open onto the rear porch from the central passage and at both the southeast and northwest corners of the ell. A window at the northeast corner of the ell has been removed to allow for an additional doorway." References External links Highland County Museum - official site
Universidad Marymount

La Universidad Marymount (Marymount University en idioma inglés) es una universidad católica ubicada en Arlington, Virginia (Estados Unidos de América). Historia Se fundó en 1950 por las Religiosas del Sagrado Corazón de María como universidad femenina con programas de dos años de duración con el nombre de Marymount College. En 1972 comenzó a admitir alumnos varones; en 1973 a impartir programas de cuatro años, y en 1979 programas de posgrado. En 1986 cambió de denominación a Universidad Marymount.​ Campus Su campus principal ocupa 21 acres (85,000 m²) en el norte de Arlington. Deportes Compite en la Atlantic East Conference de la División III de la NCAA. Referencias Enlaces externos Web oficial
Marymount University

La Marymount University è un'università privata di indirizzo cattolico con sede ad Arlington, nello stato americano della Virginia. Il Marymount College fu fondato nel 1950 dalle Religiose del Sacro Cuore di Maria Vergine Immacolata: il campus fu aperto sulla proprietà dell'ammiraglio Presley Marion Rixey, medico dei presidenti Theodore Roosevelt e William McKinley. L'istituzione rimase esclusivamente femminile fino al 1972, quando iniziò ad ammettere studenti maschi. Il college iniziò a erogare corsi quadriennali nel 1973 e nel 1986 raggiunse lo status di università. Altri progetti Wikimedia Commons contiene immagini o altri file su Marymount University Collegamenti esterni (EN) Sito ufficiale, su marymount.edu.
Mayberry Presbyterian Church

Mayberry Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church at 1127 Mayberry Church Road in Meadows of Dan, Patrick County, Virginia. It is one of the "rock churches" founded by Bob Childress. It was built in 1925, and is a one-story frame church building faced in natural quartz and quartzite stone. It features Gothic styled lancet windows. The rock facing was added to the frame building in 1948. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. References
Maywood Historic District

The Maywood Historic District is a national historic district located in Arlington County, Virginia. It contains 198 contributing buildings in a residential neighborhood located in the northern part of the county. The area was platted and subdivided in five sections between 1909 and 1913 following the arrival in 1906 of the Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad (later the Great Falls Division of the Washington and Old Dominion Railway). The area was primarily developed between 1909 and 1929. The dwelling styles include a variety of architectural styles, including Queen Anne, Colonial Revival foursquares, Bungalow, and two-story gable-front houses. Several dwellings in the neighborhood have been identified as prefabricated mail-order houses. The Arlington County Board designated the neighborhood to be a local historic district on July 7, 1990. The National Park Service listed the neighborhood on the National Register of Historic Places on May 22, 2003. See also List of Arlington County Historic Districts References
Memorial Gymnasium (Virginia)

Memorial Gymnasium is a 2,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. It opened in 1924. It replaced Fayerweather Gymnasium as home to the University of Virginia Cavaliers basketball team until University Hall opened in 1965. History Established originally as a memorial to the University's World War I casualties, the facility continues to play a role in the athletic, recreational and physical education-kinesiology programs at the school. The classes of 1920 and 1921 pledged a collected total of $142,000 in support of the gymnasium as a memorial and construction was completed in 1924. From its completion, the gymnasium housed a variety of sporting and social activities, including basketball, boxing and dances. The basketball program was housed in the building for 42 seasons before University Hall opened in 1965. It was also the past home of the swimming and dive teams and indoor track teams. After renovations, the building - now used extensively by the University's intramural programs - also serves as the home arena for the Cavaliers' wrestling and women's volleyball teams. Memorial Gym was the site of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Stab in the Back" speech on June 10, 1940, when, in the middle of giving his commencement address to the graduating class, he was informed of the alliance between Italy and Nazi Germany. While making a commencement speech at the Memorial Gymnasium of the University of Virginia, President Roosevelt denounced Mussolini: "On this tenth day of June, 1940, the hand that held the dagger has plunged it into the back of its neighbor." The president also said that military victories for the "gods of force and hate" were a threat to all democracies in the western world and that America could no longer pretend to be a "lone island in a world of force." Current usage Memorial Gymnasium hosts the school wrestling and volleyball teams, and is also used by the school as an intramural sports venue. The building includes a small weight room, including cardiovascular machines, and boxing practice facilities, as well as an indoor wooden jogging track on the second floor that rings around and overlooks the basketball courts on the first floor. The swimming pool was also primarily used prior to the construction of the Aquatic and Fitness Center. The swimming pool was finally closed in 2007 and converted into an indoor soccer ground. See also Virginia Cavaliers References External links Official website
Methodist Tabernacle (Mathews, Virginia)

Methodist Tabernacle is a historic Methodist tabernacle located near Mathews, Mathews County, Virginia. It was built in 1922, and is a large, open pavilion with a hipped roof surmounted by a hipped clerestory monitor with wooden shutters. The building has 21 rows of wooden benches on the dirt floor arranged along three aisles. The building is a rare example in Virginia of an early 20th century revival meeting facility. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. References
LewisGale Hospital Montgomery

LewisGale Hospital Montgomery, formerly Montgomery Regional Hospital (MRH), is a hospital in the town of Blacksburg, in Montgomery County, Virginia. The hospital is a subsidiary of Hospital Corporation of America. History LewisGale Hospital Montgomery, opened in 1971, is a 146-bed general acute-care facility certified as a level III trauma center. The facility replaced Altamont Hospital, which was opened in 1910 in neighboring Christiansburg as a privately owned hospital with 12 beds. The hospital was expanded to 20 beds in 1923 by its founder, Dr. A. M. Showalter. In 1967, the hospital was reorganized into a community hospital and was renamed for its founder as the A.M. Showalter Memorial Hospital. In 1969, pursuant to the efforts of the Showalter administrator, James Sublett, Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) provided financing for construction of the current facility. After several name changes and transfers of ownership, the facility was renamed LewisGale Hospital Montgomery in 2010, as part of HCA's LewisGale Regional Health System. 2006 shooting On August 20, 2006, William Morva shot and killed Derrick McFarland, a security guard in the emergency department at Montgomery Regional Hospital (MRH). Morva had been in jail awaiting trial on an attempted robbery charge, but was taken to MRH after sustaining a sprained ankle and wrist while in jail. After using the restroom, he attacked the security guard and a Montgomery County Sheriff's deputy. Morva escaped the emergency department, but was captured the next day. While escaping capture, he shot and killed Montgomery County sheriff's Cpl. Eric Sutphin on the morning of August 21. Virginia Tech shooting The hospital received several patients that were wounded in the Virginia Tech shooting on April 16, 2007. External links Official Website References
Mountain Empire Airport

Mountain Empire Airport (ICAO: KMKJ, FAA LID: MKJ) is a public use airport in Smyth County, Virginia, United States. It located nine nautical miles (10 mi, 17 km) northeast of the central business district of Marion (in Smyth County) and 13 nautical miles (15 mi; 24 km) west of Wytheville (in Wythe County). The airport is situated between Interstate 81 and U.S. Route 11 (Lee Highway), near Groseclose. It is owned by Smyth Wythe Airport Commission. This airport was included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility. Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned MKJ by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned MKJ to Makoua Airport in Makoua, Republic of the Congo). Facilities and aircraft Mountain Empire Airport covers an area of 120 acres (49 ha) at an elevation of 2,558 feet (780 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 8/26 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,252 by 75 feet (1,601 by 23 m). For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2009, the airport had 10,405 aircraft operations, an average of 28 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% military. At that time there were 25 aircraft based at this airport: 92% single-engine, 4% multi-engine, and 4% helicopter. References External links Aerial image as of April 1999 from USGS The National Map FAA Terminal Procedures for MKJ, effective July 9, 2026 Resources for this airport: FAA airport information for MKJ AirNav airport information for KMKJ FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
Mt. Sidney School

Mt. Sidney School is a historic public school building located at Mount Sidney, Augusta County, Virginia. the original portion was built in 1912, and is the front gable-roofed, two-story block with an I-house plan consisting of two rooms and a central hallway on each floor. It features a central cross gable, one-story, three-bay porch. A four-room brick addition was built in 1921 and a gymnasium added in 1935. The school closed in 1967, and was subsequently remodeled into apartments. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. References
Nansemond-Suffolk Academy

Nansemond-Suffolk Academy (NSA) is an independent, coeducational, college-preparatory school founded in 1966 in Suffolk, Virginia. NSA has two campuses. The Main Campus (adjacent to downtown Suffolk) includes 166,000 square feet of educational space situated on a 100 acre wooded campus, and includes the school's athletic facilities and educational space for students from pre-kindergarten to grade 12. The Harbour View Campus, which opened in 2016, includes an additional 22,000 square foot building for students in pre-kindergarten through grade 3. History Nansemond-Suffolk Academy was founded in 1966 as a segregation academy. In 2014, the school spent $500,000 on needs-based scholarships. 9% of the student body of 1,040 were minorities compared to a local population that is 55% minority. Athletics The Nansemond-Suffolk Academy football team was commended by the Virginia General Assembly in 2010. In November 2015, the Nansemond-Suffolk Academy football team won the Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association Division III state championship. This was the fourth state championship for Saints football. Beginning their streak in May 2019, the Nansemond-Suffolk Academy Varsity girls' softball team has won five consecutive Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association (VISAA) Division II State Championships. The varsity boys' lacrosse team won state VISAA Division II championships in 2019 and 2024. References External links http://www.nsacademy.org/
Nansemond National Wildlife Refuge

The Nansemond National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge of the United States located along the Nansemond River in Suffolk, Virginia. It is managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service as a satellite of Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. In 1973 about 207 acres (0.84 km2) of salt marsh were transferred to the Service by the United States Navy to form the refuge. An additional 204 acres (0.83 km2) were transferred in 1999. The refuge is not open to the public. External links US Fish & Wildlife Service: Nansemond National Wildlife Refuge This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
National D-Day Memorial

National D-Day Memorial je válečný památník v Bedfordu ve Virginii. Je postaven k uctění památky amerických veteránů Dne D. Památník byl otevřen 6. června 2001 za přítomnosti 15 000 lidí, včetně tehdejšího prezidenta George W. Bushe . "Bedford Boys" a založení památníku Třicet čtyři příslušníků Virginia National Guard z Bedfordu se zúčastnilo Dne D. Během prvního dne invaze jich padlo devatenáct a další čtyři zemřeli při vojenském tažení v Normandii . Město Bedford a "Bedford Boys" tak relativně k jiným městům utrpěly při bojích v Normandii největší ztráty. To vedlo Kongres Spojených států k založení památníku Dne D v Bedfordu. Popis Památník tvoří tři oddělené části (plazy). Každá z nich je věnovaná jedné etapě invaze. První náměstí, Reynoldsova zahrada, symbolizuje plánovací a přípravné činnosti k invazi až po rozkaz k zahájení invaze. Plaza je ve tvaru bojové vojenské nášivky Nejvyššího velitelství spojeneckých expedičních sil . Druhé náměstí, Gray Plaza, je věnována přistávací a bojové fázi invaze. Vylodění a boje na plážích reprezentuje nádrž s vodou s imitací vojenských překážek, sochy vojáků bojujících na břehu a maketa výsadkového člunu použitého při invazi. Přerušované proudy vody vystřikující z nádrže napodobují dráhu a zvuky sporadické střelby. Jména padlých Američanů jsou uvedena na západní zdi náměstí, ztráty ostatních spojenců jsou uvedeny na zdi východní. Poslední, nejvýše položené, náměstí, Estes Plaza, oslavuje vítězství invaze. Stojí zde Overlord Arch a dvanáct stožárů s vlajkami spojenců. Overlord Arch představuje vítězství operace stejného jména. Na oblouku je ve výšce 13 metrů nad zemí vytesané datum invaze 6. června 1944. Odkazy Reference V tomto článku byl použit překlad textu z článku National D-Day Memorial na anglické Wikipedii. Literatura DICKSON, Byron. The National D-Day Memorial : evolution of an idea. [s.l.]: Dickson Architects, 2011. 104 s. Dostupné online. ISBN 9780615441429, ISBN 0615441424. OCLC 782920902 (anglicky) Externí odkazy Obrázky, zvuky či videa k tématu National D-Day Memorial na Wikimedia Commons Oficiální stránky
Nelson County Courthouse

Nelson County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Lovingston, Nelson County, Virginia within the Lovingston Historic District. The original building opened in 1810. It is a rectangular, two-story stuccoed brick structure, with two additions: one of ten feet attached to the rear of the original structure and the other is a large lateral wing across the rear of the first addition. Both of these additions were constructed in 1940. The original structure was partially remodeled in 1968. It contains one large courtroom with a spectator gallery towards the rear. It was the first public building to be built after Nelson County's organization in 1807. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. Gallery References External links Nelson County Courthouse, U.S. Route 29, Lovingston, Nelson County, VA: 2 photos, 2 data pages, at Historic American Buildings Survey Brown, Emily (May 13, 2017). "A different kind of legal battle is brewing at Nelson courthouse". The Daily Progress. Nelson County Times. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
New Kent High School

New Kent High School is a public high school located in New Kent, Virginia, east of Richmond. Athletic teams compete in the Virginia High School League's Bay Rivers District in Group 3A. The school relocated to a new facility for the 2008–2009 school year. Before that, it occupied the location of the current New Kent Middle School, and before that, that of the historic high school. The school is known as a state powerhouse in wrestling; their program won the Group 3A state title four years in a row, from 2019 to 2022, and was runner-up in 2023 and 2024. New Kent has also won seven consecutive regional wrestling championships as of 2024. Accreditation and rankings New Kent High is fully accredited by the Virginia Department of Education and has been accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools since 1974. References External links [1] Notable alumni Jamion Christian, former head coach, men’s basketball, George Washington University (DC) Jarrell Christian, head coach, Maine Celtics
Newport News Park

Newport News Park, in Newport News, Virginia, is the largest park in the system of municipal parks maintained by the Newport News Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism. At 8,065 acres (32.63 km²), it is one of largest city-run parks in the United States, and offers a wide range of activities for residents and tourists alike. The park is in the northern part of the city of Newport News (13560 Jefferson Avenue, Newport News VA 23603), with its main entrance on Jefferson Avenue to the northwest of its intersection with Ft. Eustis Boulevard. Farther up Jefferson Avenue is the entrance to its campsite. To the northeast of the intersection, on Ft. Eustis Boulevard, is the secondary entrance at Old Stable Road, and farther up Ft. Eustis Boulevard is the main entrance for the Newport News Golf Club at Deer Run, which is on park grounds. The park shares a long border with the Colonial National Historical Park, and several of its biking and hiking trails cross into it. History During the American Civil War, the current park was the site of the Battle of Dam No. 1, part of the Battle of Yorktown (1862). In the days prior to the battle, Confederate forces constructed rifle pits and other earthworks from which they held off the Union Army forces commanded by Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan. The Lee's Mill Earthworks were preserved; though overgrown with woods, they are accessible from the White Oak Nature Trail on the reservoir's camping side. In the 1960s, as Newport News grew, the city found itself taxing its water supply. The solution was to purchase several lakes in the Lee Hall area and pump the water into the city. To preserve the water's cleanliness, a watershed was created around the new Lee Hall Reservoir. It was developed into Newport News Park in 1966, primarily through the efforts of City Manager Joe Biggins, who considered a large park important to the city's future. Campsites, recreation, other facilities Newport News Park has 188 campsites, some of which include electrical and water hookups. It has over 30 miles (50 km) of hiking trails, and a 5.3 mile (8.5 km) multi-use bike path. It offers bicycle and helmet rental (helmets are mandatory for children under 14). It has an archery range; a disc golf course; and an aeromodel flying field for remote-control aircraft, with a 400 ft (120 m) runway. The park welcomes geocaching, with dozens of geocaches in the park as of September 2018. It also hosts the Albert E. Dorner cross country invitational annually for several public and private high schools. Discovery Center The Newport News Park Discovery Center gives visitors a look at the park in a more structured, educational way. There are exhibits on the park's animal and plant life, and on the land's history, including displays of Civil War artifacts. References Rouse, Parke S. Jr.; John V. Quarstein (1996). Newport News: A Centennial History. City of Newport News. External links Newport News Park - official site
Norge Train Depot

Norge Train Depot is a historic home located at Norge, near Williamsburg, James City County, Virginia. It was built about 1907 by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway from standardized plans. The train station is the last surviving example of a wood frame "informal standard" depot in the six states that were served by Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. Originals were built according to an informal plan and no standard drawings were prepared or entered in the railway's set of design standards. It is a simple one-story wood balloon frame building, twelve bays wide on the south side, seven bays wide on the north end, and one bay deep. The building is sheathed in panels of German weatherboard and features a low hipped roof with overhanging and slightly flared eaves and boxed cornice covered with beaded board siding. In February 2006, the station was relocated about 1 mile to a site adjacent to the James City County Branch of the Williamsburg Regional Library (opened in 1996) on Croaker Road. It was renovated as a museum and a community center in 2012. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. In December 2015 the Norge Depot Association brought in a red Georgia Railroad caboose donated by the Cumberland Hospital for Children and Adolescents in New Kent County. A restoration of the caboose is planned. Gallery References