• Discover the history of this 187-year-old building that has been a private residence for a Virginian General, a women’s college, a Civil War hospital, housing for Barter Theatre players, and a Four Diamond inn. Pull up a rocking chair, grab a glass of iced tea, and slow life down on the grand veranda overlooking Abingdon’s historic district.

• Admire the halls filled with Martha Washington College memorabilia and learn what life as a resident student was like in the early 1900s. Then curl up by the fire in the Round Table Library with one of a thousand volumes of American writers and an assortment of favorites.

• Marvel at the architectural integrity of this historic landmark preserved for over a century and a half. The original brick residence still comprises the central structure and the original living room of the Preston family is now the main lobby. Look in the Edith Wilson Parlor for the rare Dutch-baroque grandfather clock, measuring over nine feet tall, shipped from England.