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Depot Square Historic District

This brings us to the final stop on the AbingdonWalks 'Historic Marker Tour.' As stated at the outset, most of the markers are located in the original Historic District, as defined by the Virginia Dept. of Historic Resources [Abingdon Historic District 140-0037]. There are other markers nearby, such as the one near Sinking Spring Cemetery, VHR Marker K-52, which is only a couple of blocks north of the Fields-Penn House (Abingdon's Visitors Center) where we started our tour. In fact, Sinking Spring falls within the Abingdon Historic Extension, listed in 1986 [Abingdon Historic District Extension 140-0039], which includes a portion of Valley Street and the William King Arts Center. Also close by is the Depot Square Historic District.

As you can see, we've really just scratched the surface. For a more detailed look at Abingdon's unique history and the mind-boggling array of attractions in and around the area, we invite you to visit https://www.abingdonwalks.net/intro

Credits and Acknowledgements:

Books

  • Anne Carter Lee, "Abingdon and Vicinity," SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012

  • A Guidebook to Virginia’s Historical Markers, compiled by Scott David Arnold, Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press; published in association with the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (2007) 

  • Nanci C. King, Places in Time, Vol. I: Abingdon, Virginia, 1778-1880, Abingdon Printing Services, c. 1989 

  • Dawidziak, Mark, The Barter Theatre Story, Love Made Visible Appalachian State Univ. Press, Boone, N.C. (1982) 

  • A History of Abingdon United Methodist Church, 1783-1985, Walter H. Hendricks

Articles

  • "McCabe Lodge, Number 56, I.O.O.F and the Founding of Martha Washington College," James William Hagy. HSWCVa Bulletin, Series II, No. 54 (2017)

  • “Early Abingdon,” by Margaret Rogers Davis and “Remembrances of Abingdon,” by Lewis Thomson Cosby [“The Cosby Papers”], HSWCVa Pub. Series II, No. 9 (July 1971) 

  • “Historical Houses of Washington County, Virginia,” ed. By George J. Stevenson HSWCVa Pub. Series II, No. 6 (Spring, 1968) 

  • "Roosevelts in Southwest Virginia," Hendrika Schuster. HSWCVa Bulletin, Sereies II, No. 35, 1998

  • “Picture and Early Sketches of ‘The Office,’ (Lewis Preston Summers and Andrew Rowan Summers, Memorial dedicated 1969),” Jane Douglas Summers Brown HSWCVa Pub. Series II, No. 8 (July, 1970) 

  • "Bringing a historic landmark back to its roots," and "Let the bidding begin: Council clears way for Summers Law Office Auction," by Joe Tennis. Washington County News, Jan. 12 and 16, 2019; updated Jan. 12, 2022

Websites

Special thanks to Dan Smith and the always helpful employees and volunteers at the Historical Society of Washington County, Virginia

Dedicated to the memory of Rachel Fowlkes, educator, innovator; who inspired young and old alike to grow, to learn and to excel.

Final Thoughts-Credits