Wytheville Historic District

Wytheville's historic core covers about 170 acres in a town of roughly 8,000 people in Wythe County, Virginia. It holds 292 buildings, 245 of them contributing, ranging from V-notched log houses of the 1830s on East Main Street to brick and frame homes, churches, schools, commercial blocks and railroad buildings. Surviving examples show Greek Revival, Italianate, Gothic Revival, Queen Anne, Classical Revival, Colonial Revival and Art Deco styles. Notable buildings include an octagonal house on West Main Street, the domed 1902 courthouse designed by Frank P. Milburn, and the 1928 Millwald Theatre, still showing films. The district is also tied to local builders such as Williams & Zimmerman in the late nineteenth century and Morris C. Miller in the early twentieth. Mature maples, stone retaining walls, historic sidewalks and a small park along a spring-fed stream add to the setting. With more than 80 percent of its buildings contributing, the area retains strong architectural integrity.