George Washington’s Office Museum
George Washington used a little log building, now the middle room of George Washington Office Museum, as a military office from September 1755 to December of 1756 while Fort Loudoun was being constructed at the north end of town. Washington planned Fort Loudoun, supervised the work and brought his own blacksmiths from Mount Vernon to...continue reading »
Godfrey Miller Home & Fellowship Center
This historic home was purchased by John Miller in 1812 and continued in the Miller family until 1938 when Margaretta Sperry Miller donated the home to Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church to be used as a residence for elderly ladies. In 1948 Godfrey Miller Home Incorporated as a non-profit 501( c )(3) organization and opened as...continue reading »
Judge John Handley of Scranton, Pennsylvania left $250,000 in his will to “ . . . open a Public Library for the free use of the people of the city of Winchester forever.” The Handley Trustees hired architects J. Stewart Barney and Henry Otis Chapman of New York who designed the building in Beaux-Arts style....continue reading »
Mount Hebron Cemetery is a unique community institution. It is a complex of four adjoining burying grounds embraced within a common enclosure. Five acres of land, adjoining on the east of the old Reformed and Lutheran cemeteries, were purchased and Mount Hebron Cemetery came into being with elaborate ceremonies marking its dedication. It was named...continue reading »
Museum of the Shenandoah Valley
The Glen Burnie Historic House and its surrounding six acres of gardens opened as a museum in 1997. The Museum of the Shenandoah Valley (MSV) opened eight years later on April 3, 2005. Centuries before the house and its surrounding landscape opened to the public and the dream of a regional history museum for the...continue reading »
Old Court House Civil War Museum
The Old Court House Civil War Museum is a historic building with graffiti from both Northern and Southern soldiers which also houses a nationally recognized collection of over 3,000 Civil War artifacts. Situated on the Loudoun Street Walking Mall in Old Town Winchester, Virginia, this Georgian style court house was used as a hospital, barracks...continue reading »
Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum
Our mission at the Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum is to ignite creativity, spark curiosity and inspire learning in visitors of all ages by providing a rich variety of interactive, hands-on exhibits and programs that focus on the sciences and mathematics, the humanities, and the arts. All exhibits, activities and experiences provided by the Discovery Museum...continue reading »
Stonewall Jackson’s Headquarters Museum
This Hudson River Gothic Revival style house, a Virginia and National Historic Landmark, was used as headquarters by General “Stonewall” Thomas Jackson during the winter of 1861-1862. The house contains the largest collection of Jackson memorabilia and also personal objects from members of his staff. The museum has on display Jackson’s personal prayer table, initialed...continue reading »
The Winchester Little Theatre was organized in 1929 “…to present, produce and encourage the production, acting and writing of plays…” by a group of persons interested in providing an outlet for their artistic interests and bringing to the community entertainment and culture. While early days here saw plays done in the round, a move was...continue reading »
The Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, located in the basement of the Handley Regional Library Headquarters, houses an extensive collection of materials on the people, places, and events of lower Shenandoah Valley from 1732 to present. Highlights of the collection include family genealogies, rare maps, books, manuscripts and more.continue reading »
The Barton House is a beautifully restored circa 1820 building in downtown historic Winchester. The Federalist style structure is adorned with large porches, full length windows and a large garden area with a magnificent magnolia tree. The interior boasts 14 foot ceilings, hand carved molding, five orignial winchester fireplaces, and chandeliers throughout the three well...continue reading »
The Shenandoah Arts Council is a nonprofit arts organization serving the diverse communities of Winchester, Frederick and Clarke counties, and other areas of the Shenandoah Valley by cultivating the visual, performing and literary arts through promotion, instruction and exhibition. In its gallery, the Arts Council features 8 – 10 visual art exhibitions a year as...continue reading »
The Patsy Cline Historic House is on the National Register of Historic Places and the Virginia Landmarks Register. Patsy resided here from 1948-57, longer than at any other house associated with her in the Winchester and Nashville areas, and she returned to it intermittently until her singing career began in 1957. The house serves as...continue reading »