R.R. Smith Center for History and Art*
(Including Staunton Augusta Art Center)
Restored railroad hotel, containing art exhibits and history exhibit,
including drawings by Thomas Blackburn and T. J. Collins, noted architects*
American Shakespeare Center’s Blackfriars Playhouse **
The only recreation of Shakespeare's indoor playhouse in the world with
ongoing repertory
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Birthplace **
Museum describing the life and important works of our 28th President and
guided tour of the birthplace
Stonewall Jackson Hotel and Conference Center*
Beautifully renovated downtown hotel, walking distance from many
attractions, an attraction in itself
Victorian Architecture - T. J. Collins and Sons
Including Stonewall Jackson Building*, City Hall*, Clock Tower*, Marquis
Building*, Switzer Building ("Wedding Cake Building"), Opera House/City
Courthouse*, Augusta County Courthouse*
National Valley Bank*
Bank & Bank Robbery Museum, Hear how Staunton recovered from the Civil War
(Open only on weekdays)
Sunspots*
Glass blowing studio & shop offering live demonstrations**
Mary Baldwin College
Liberal arts college for women, including buildings of the former Staunton
Military Academy, VWIL Museum*
Trinity Church
Tiffany windows,
Revolutionary War Virginia Legislature fled here
Stuart Hall School*
Private school, K-12, once headed by Flora Stuart, widow of J.E.B.Stuart,
Civil War officer.
The Oaks
Home of Jedediah Hotchkiss, Stonewall Jackson’s mapmaker and boyhood home of
Francis Collins, head of Human Genome Project
Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind
Founded 1839, beautiful architechture, Civil War Hospital
Oakdene
Home of Edward Echols, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia
Cabell log cabin
Only remaining building in city with exposed logs.
Public art*
From the "super-sized" to
the sublime.
White Star Mills*
Flour mill until recent times, now a restaurant
Wharf area
Restored train station* and hotel* and restaurants*
Stuart House
Beautiful private home built in 1791
Dixie Theater*
Historic Downtown movie theater, now a 4 plex, soon to be a performing arts
center
Temple House of Israel
Home of our Jewish Synagogue
Thornrose Cemetery*
Beautiful historic cemetery with section for Confederate dead
Statler Brothers
Venue, tribute, former complex and gift shop*
Gypsy Hill Park* and Pump House
Beautiful municipal park with many attractions
Stonewall Brigade Band
Oldest municipally funded band in the country
African-American Churches
Two designed by T.J.Collins
St. Francis Catholic Church
Beautiful greenstone church designed by member T.J.Collins
Antique dealers*
Find your own "find"
Civil War in Staunton
Sites to see, stories to hear
Jumbo Fire Engine*
Staunton's first motorized fire engine from 1911, restored, the only one
like it remaining.
Frontier Culture Museum **
Not on the downtown tour
Four 17th-19th century farms from Europe and America, working blacksmith
forge.