BRISTOL,TENN-VA COLLECTIBLE BOTTLES & HISTORY

The ROBERT PRESTON House Dig

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Archaeologists seek artifacts at the historic Robert Preston House site.

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The Robert Preston House at Walnut Grove, located on Lee Highway near Exit 7 has great importance to Washington County. This home and its log dependency were constructed around 1780 by Robert Preston, a member of the leading political family in southwest Virginia during the era of the American Revolution. Robert Preston was given his commission as surveyor of Washington County in 1779 by Thomas Jefferson who was the governor of Virginia at that time. 
      Robert was one of the founding fathers of Washington County, and his home is comparable to Smithfield Plantation at Virginia Tech. On July18, 2002, this Walnut Grove home was found eligible for listing in the Virginia Landmarks Register of Historic Places. This listing will be important to receive grants and funds for rehabilitation. The property can become a major tourist destination for our area.
The house has "retained remarkable architectural integrity from the period of its original construction," says John Kern, director of the Roanoke Regional Preservation Office of the Department of Historic Resources.
It is absolutely essential to preserve Walnut Grove as a property that can provide wonderful opportunities for interpretation of history of pioneer settlement in southwest Virginia, and the development at Exit 7 threatens this project requiring that this house be moved or destroyed. The house has been given to the Bristol Historical Association by developer Mack Trammell.
The initial work to insure the moving and preservation of this important landmark has been done by the Bristol Historical Association and the support and involvement of the Historical Society of Washington County, Virginia, is greatly appreciated.
 
** per Jan Rainero - Bristol Historical Association.

Robert Preston House,Washington County,VA. Website.

  In 2005, I was fortunate enough to receive an invitation from Dr. Kermit Lowry, Jr. ( past President of the Bristol Historical Association), to attend exploratory digs by a group of archaeologists at the Preston House in Washington County, VA.
The Preston House had been donated to the Historical Association and the digs were being undertaken preparatory to moving the house to nearby Sugar Hollow Park, which is owned by the City of Bristol.

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Archaeologist McBride in his hole.

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Circa 1780 Log Cabin.
(two views) 
Believed to be Preston's home when he was a surveyor for the region.

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Dr. Lowry (in white shirt), assists one of the archaeologists. 

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 The above 3-piece mold PATENT whiskey ,circa 1880 , was found by me lying in the open on the cellar floor of the main house.  It has a large lip chip but was still worth keeping. I saw no other bottles anywhere else in the cellar area.

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                                                      IN MEMORIUM:
DR. KERMIT LOWRY, JR.

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MARCH 25, 2006

A good Friend & avid Historian.

 
 
Sources - Bibliography
 
i)      Library of King College, Bristol,Tenn. - Newspaper Microfilms
ii)     Bristol,TN-VA Public Library - Newspaper Microfilms &  City Directories
iii)     1904 Bristol Herald  Industrial Supplement 
iv)     Bristol-Goodson Industry & Resources in 1885  -W.F.Henry/Reporter
v)      Witness To An Epoch   - Chas.J. Harkrader
vi)     Double Destiny   - Robert Loving
vii)    Historic Sites of Sullivan County  - Muriel Spoden
viii)   Bristol Tennessee-Virginia : A History   - V.N. "Bud" Phillips
ix)     Spirits & Medicinal Bottles of Bristol, Tenn.-Va.   - Charlie Barnette 
x)       The Passing Years   - Bristol Historical Association
xi)      City of Bristol @ 1915
xii)     A Pictorial History -  Bristol Historical Association
xiii)    Whiskey, An American Pictorial History  - Oscar Getz
xiv)    Prohibition, 13 Years That Changed America - Edward Behr
xv)     The Shadow Of The Bottle -  Review & Herald Publishing Co.
xvi)    Historic Sullivan - Oliver Taylor
xvii)   One Year At A Time - Bristol - 1907 - Lonnie & Kim Blevins
xviii)   Honoring Our Heritage: Faces & Places From The Past -
                       Lonnie & Kim Blevins and Roy & Carolyn Williams
xvix)   Between the States: Bristol Tennessee - Virginia During the Civil War  - V.N. "Bud" Phillips
xx)      Pioneers in Paradise - Bristol, Tenn-Va.  - V.N. "Bud" Phillips
xxi)     A Good Place to Live - Bristol, Tenn-Va. - V.N. "Bud" Phillips
 
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