Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, Montgomery County Branch Papers, 1754-1996

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Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, Montgomery County Branch Papers, 1754-1996

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The records largely document the recent history of Smithfield Plantation, ancestral home of the Preston family, focusing particularly on its restoration beginning in 1962. While much of the renovation occurred in the 1960s, many of the records detail other renovation projects done in the 1970s and 1980s. The collection also includes historical and other related documents dating from before the original Preston family's residence at Smithfield.

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Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA)

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Preston family, Montgomery County, Va.

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Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. Montgomery County Branch

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Founded in 1889, the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA) has twenty branches which own and maintain historic properties. In November 1958 the APVA authorized the organization of the Montgomery County branch for the specific purpose of acquiring and restoring Smithfield Plantation, the historic home near Blacksburg in Montgomery County, Virginia, built by William Preston in 1773. In 1959 Mrs. Janie Preston Brockenbrough Lamb, a descendant of Preston, donat...