{"nrhp_refnum":"86002193","name":"Abingdon Historic District (Boundary Increase)","other_names":["See Also:Abingdon Historic District"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Russell Rd. and Jackson St., Whites Mill Rd., E. Main and E. Park and W. Main Sts., and Academy Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Abingdon","county":"Washington County","state":"VA","lat":36.712599176000055,"lon":-81.9748572529618,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-09-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Commerce","Transportation","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A boundary-increase historic district in Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia, covering about 124.5 acres. It mainly follows Valley Street and adds parts of King, Park, Oak Hill, Main and Whites Mill Road streets, Sinking Spring Cemetery and William King High School.","why_significant":"The extension covers late 19th- and early 20th-century residential architecture that the original 1970 district left out. It shows a range of styles from the 1870s to the 1920s, from Italianate and Queen Anne to Bungalow, Colonial Revival and Tudor Revival. It also includes Sinking Spring Cemetery, the town's oldest burial ground, and a 1913 school that reflects the community's commitment to education.","narrative":"This extension of Abingdon's original historic district takes in about 124.5 acres, centered on twelve blocks of Valley Street and adding parts of King, Park, Oak Hill, Main and Whites Mill Road streets. The area was left out of the 1970 listing because most of its houses date from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It holds 138 contributing buildings, including a few antebellum homes, Italianate brick houses, modified Queen Anne dwellings, many bungalows, and some Colonial Revival and Tudor Revival residences. Sinking Spring Cemetery, begun in 1773 at the site of an early Presbyterian church, holds about 2,000 marked graves, including those of two Virginia governors, along with a relocated log house. William King High School, built in 1913, overlooks the cemetery. Together these resources show how Abingdon, a commercial and political center of Southwest Virginia, grew from the early 19th century into the 20th, with few modern intrusions.","period_of_significance":"1778-1936","architect_builder":"Various","architectural_style":"Italianate, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Bungalow, Tudor Revival, Greek Revival and vernacular","criteria":[],"status_note":"William King High School is described as currently vacant, with the town considering plans to revitalize it. The district overall is mostly occupied and in good to excellent condition.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:01.213368-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/57/6840/41684057/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/86002193.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002193/887aa53655-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002193/887aa53655-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ABINGTON_HISTORIC_DISTRICT.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ MD</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ABINGTON_HISTORIC_DISTRICT.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41684057","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abingdon_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15177947"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/washington-county/abingdon-historic-district-boundary-increase-86002193/"}