 Picture Courtesy of Garry Thompson
 Picture Courtesy of Garry Thompson
The earliest portion of Solitude was constructed about 1801 on land owned by Phillip Barger, who sold the property in 1803 to James Patton Preston, governor of Virginia (1816-1819). Governor John Floyd (1830-1834), Preston’s brother-in-law, lived at Solitude about 1814-1815. Preston’s son, Col. Robert Preston, enlarged the house from a simple log dwelling to a central- passage-plan. Greek Revival-style house about 1851. Col. Preston sold Solitude in 1872 to secure the location of Virginia’s first land-grant university. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Department of Historic Resources - 1992
West Campus Dr. at Drill Field Dr. on the Campus of Virginia Tech Montgomery County Virginia
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