Publisher's Synopsis
If those walls could talk...this is what they would say. A story of Virginia.
Where was the "best World Series no one ever saw" played? (Page 75) Where is the first building the federal government ever built? (Page 22) Where can you find entire streets built with kit houses? (Page 80)
Imagine a group of settlers arriving in an undeveloped location. First come shelters in which to live and then structures in which to work and shop. There are buildings for worship and education. As the community grows government buildings are required. With prosperity comes places in which to spend leisure time. And each step along the way builds a story only Virginia can call its own. A story told in 100 buildings.
Pre-historic mounds... octagon houses... The Crooked Road... iron horses... Utopian communities... fire towers... windmills... peanuts... geodesic domes... tobacco... moonshine... the CCC... Art Deco stunners... kit houses...the golden age of motoring... canals... show caves... kissing bridges... Presidents... cast iron... Naval Baseball... Dry Docks... Frank Lloyd Wright... drive-in movies... brick kilns... Carnegie libraries... engineering marvels... shot towers... Nascar... fox hunting. This book will have you telling stories like a native in no time.
The photos and stories collected here are a fast and fun way to learn the explanations behind the quirks, the traditions and the secrets that make Virginia uniquely Virginia. Where is the oldest golf tee in America in continuous use? Solved. Where is the country's largest 18th century distillery? A mystery no more. Where will you find America's "first air conditioned building? Identified. Where is the world's largest reinforced thin shell concrete dome? Revealed.
