Preston House

The Preston House, located near Saltville in Smyth County, was originally the home of Francis Preston, who represented the area in Congress and controlled the salt-producing lands in the vicinity. […]
Smyth County Community Hospital

Constructed between 1965 and 1967 in the town of Marion, the Smyth County Community Hospital was the first hospital built by the community to provide acute care to people in […]
Saltville Battlefields Historic District

The two battlefields on which Confederate and Union forces contested control of the Confederacy’s most important source of salt, an essential commodity, are contained in the 2,737-acre Saltville Battlefields Historic […]
Marion Historic District

The Marion Historic District incorporates the town of Marion, which was established in 1832 as the county seat of Smyth County. The large district includes the full range of late-19th- […]
Marion Historic District

The Marion Historic District incorporates the town of Marion, which was established in 1832 as the county seat of Smyth County. The large district includes the full range of late-19th- […]
Downtown Chilhowie Historic District

The Downtown Chilhowie Historic District is a small commercial center along the Interstate 81 corridor in southwest Virginia’s Smyth County. The advent of the railroad in the mid-19th-century stimulated the […]
H. L. Bonham House

The H. L. Bonham House in the town of Chilhowie, Smyth County, was completed in 1911 as the home of Hezekiah Love Bonham, a regionally prominent farmer and businessman who […]
Saltville Historic District

The Saltville Historic District includes most of the surviving historic commercial and residential buildings of a town that served as an important center of the salt and plaster industry in […]
A. C. Beatie House

The A. C. Beatie House, in the Smyth County town of Chilhowie, was constructed in 1891 as the home of Alonzo Claibourne Beatie, a locally prominent political leader and farmer. […]
Hungry Mother State Park Historic District

Hungry Mother State Park is located on 2,215 acres of the Allegheny Mountains of Smyth County. Between 1933 and 1941, 600 Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) workers developed the park, taking […]