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THE NEW RIVER HERITAGE COALITION

NATIONAL REGISTER OF
​HISTORIC PLACES

Historic Smithfield Plantation

Hours of Operation

Historic Smithfield
​is CLOSED for winter.
 Schedule your visit 

to step back in time when operations resume April 25, 2020.

1000 Smithfield Plantation Road

Blacksburg, VA 24060

Directions

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William Preston, a leader of westward expansion and a prominent Southwestern Virginia Revolutionary War patriot came to settle at the eastern continental divide and established Smithfield as his home.   In a land of log cabins and physical hardship, Smithfield, in its sophisticated elegance, became the political and social center of Fincastle County, Virginia (1772).  Of course, the newly-formed County included all of Southwest Virginia and all of what is now the Commonwealth of Kentucky, a rather large area indeed.

Completed in 1774, Smithfield became not only the county’s political and social center, it was a beacon, a destination, for thousands of settlers moving west to seek new land and opportunity.  Smithfield became a place of resting and storing new provisions before the next leg of the westward passage. 

Travel back to the 18th century.  Experience life in the home of a colonial leader with the guidance of a costumed interpreter who knows the culture as well as the artifacts.

Smithfield stands today as the finest example of an original, pre-Revolutionary structure in Western Virginia.

Smithfield is on the National Register of Historic Places and the Virginia Landmarks Register and is a member of  the The New River Heritage Coalition.  In 2014, Smithfield was designated by the Virginia General Assembly as the Family Homestead of Virginia Governors.  

1000 Smithfield Plantation Road, Blacksburg, VA 24060        540.231.3947          info@historicsmithfield.org