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Longwood House (Farmville, Virginia)

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Longwood House was purchased by what was then the State Teachers College at Farmville in 1929. Twenty years later, the school renamed itself Longwood College after the house; the school then changed its name to Longwood University in 2002. It has been used as the home of the university president
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porch. Longwood House has a central passage, double-pile plan. It has a two-story wing added about 1839, and a second wing added in the 1920s, when the property was purchased by
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property in Prince Edward County, Virginia on the National Register of Historic Places
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Peter Johnston, having purchased it in 1765. The property was later sold to
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National Register of Historic Places in Prince Edward County, Virginia
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For the home in Saint Helena used by Napoleon during his exile, see
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in 1811; following his death shortly thereafter in the
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Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission staff (1983).
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Longwood House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register

Longwood House (Farmville, Virginia) is located in Virginia
Longwood House (Farmville, Virginia) is located in the United States
Farmville, Virginia
37°17′30″N 78°22′48″W / 37.29167°N 78.38000°W / 37.29167; -78.38000
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Farmville
Prince Edward County, Virginia
Longwood University
Greek Revival
Doric order
Longwood University
Longwood Lancers
Scottish immigrant
Abraham B. Venable
Richmond Theatre fire
Confederate
Joseph E. Johnston
Charles S. Venable
National Register of Historic Places


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service
"Virginia Landmarks Register"
"National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Longwood House"

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