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Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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Processed by: Rosana Magoia, Special Collections Graduate Assistant
Collection is open to research.
Permission to publish material from the Montgomery County Historic Sites Survey Records must be obtained from the Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Montgomery County Historic Sites Survey Records, Ms1986-006 - Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
During a period of rapid area growth and development in the 1980s, the Montgomery County Planning Commission became aware of the need to preserve local historical and architectural landmarks. The commission applied for and received a matching grant from the Virginia Division of Historic Landmarks to complete a survey and inventory of such sites. The survey--headed by architect and project director Gibson Worsham-- published its results in Montgomery County Historic Sites Survey (1986, two volumes).
Source:
Montgomery County Historic Sites Survey. [Montgomery County, VA: Gibson Worsham, 1986] (2 volumes). (F232 .M7 M74 1986 Spec/ Genealogy)
The Montgomery County Historic Sites Survey Records consist of detailed information on hundreds of individual sites cataloged during a 1985 survey of architecturally and/or historically significant buildings in Montgomery County, Virginia. The collection also contains a copy of the survey's final product, a book entitled Montgomery County Historic Sites Survey, which includes an overview of the county's history, a comprehensive register of significant structures and sites, and maps indicating the location of the inventory's sites and structures. (The book contains an index to site numbers, by which survey forms for individual sites may be located.) An oversized folder with maps showing the sites surveyed completes the collection.
The collection is arranged by material type in the following categories: survey forms (organized by site numbers), Montgomery County Historic Sites Survey book (two volumes), and an oversized folder with maps showing the surveyed sites.