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style homes, and had a reputation as the fashionable residential area for Bristol's elite. Many of these fine larger homes have since that period been divided into apartments, or been adapted for use by businesses.
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and Scott Street, on the west by West Street, on the east by Johnson Street, and on the south by Cumberland Street. Solar Hill is a knob of land overlooking the downtown area, and is where the
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Solar Hill was sold off for development in 1871, but significant development did not begin until 1890. Between 1890 and the 1920s the area was built up with high quality
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encompasses an architecturally significant early 20th century residential neighborhood near the center of
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Roughly along Johnson, Solar, Oak, West, King, Cumberland, and Sycamore Sts.,
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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
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property in Bristol, Virginia on the National Register of Historic Places
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Solar Hill Historic District is located in Virginia
Solar Hill Historic District is located in the United States
Bristol, Virginia
36°35′56″N 82°11′06″W / 36.59889°N 82.18500°W / 36.59889; -82.18500
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Bristol, Virginia
Norfolk and Southern Railroad
house of the King family
American Civil War
solar eclipse
Colonial Revival
American Craftsman
National Register of Historic Places
Washington County
National Register of Historic Places listings in Bristol, Virginia


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National Register of Historic Places
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