The Virginia Hill Historic District is located five blocks north of the city of Bristol’s downtown commercial center and the Virginia-Tennessee state line. The Virginia Hill neighborhood developed in the late-19th- and early-20th-centuries and contains primarily one- and two-story frame and brick residences constructed from 1880s to the 1940s. Architectural styles represented include Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, and Bungalow designs, as well as vernacular and Folk Victorian forms. The district is characterized by wide tree-lined streets with houses sited close to streets and sidewalks, and many yards are lined with original stone or concrete retaining walls. The Virginia Hill neighborhood was particularly impacted by the establishment of Virginia Intermont College in the area around the turn of the 20th century. The Virginia Hill Historic District remains one of Bristol’s most significant collections of late 19th and early 20th century dwellings.