Edinburg Historic District

Edinburg's historic district covers 128 acres of a Shenandoah Valley town incorporated in 1852, though settlement began decades earlier. Streets follow a grid centered on Main Street, the old Valley Turnpike, which runs east-west here because of a bend in Stony Creek. The district holds 304 contributing resources, mostly houses with outbuildings such as meathouses, chicken coops and garages. It also includes commercial buildings, churches, a school, two cemeteries, bridges and the Edinburg Mill, built 1848 to 1850. The earliest known building is the Philip Grandstaff House, dated 1787 by an inscription in a log. Early buildings were log with limestone foundations and chimneys, while later ones show Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne and Craftsman influences. Most buildings are vernacular, and the I-house is the dominant house form. Intact streets, lot patterns and few modern intrusions give the area a cohesive character that supported its listing.