Preston House | |
Designated Other1: | Virginia Landmarks Register |
Designated Other1 Date: | [1] |
Designated Other1 Number: | 086-0006 |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
Location: | VA 107, Saltville, Virginia |
Coordinates: | 36.8708°N -81.7619°W |
Built: | c. |
Builder: | Irby, Francis; Dungan, Jesse |
Added: | July 30, 1976 |
Refnum: | 76002120 |
The Preston House, also known as the Palmer House, was a historic home located at Saltville, Smyth County, Virginia. The original section was built about 1795. It was a two-story, gable-roofed, double-pile frame structure covered with beaded weatherboard. It consisted of a two-story, five bay center section flanked by later, and lower, two-story, three bay flanking wings. The house was built by lawyer and politician Francis Preston (1765–1836), whose family owned the salt works. The house was destroyed in 1978.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.