Newtown Historic District is a national

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located at

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. The district encompasses 414 contributing buildings and 2 contributing sites in a primarily residential section of Staunton. The district includes some late 18th- and early 19th-century structures, but most of the homes were built between 1870 and 1920 during Staunton's boom years. The buildings range from Jeffersonian Neo-Classical and Greek Revival to

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s of the 1920s. Notable buildings include Stuart Hall's Cochran House (1858), Robertson House (1886), the Smith Thompson House (c. 1792), and the

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House (1851, c. 1915). The magnificent grounds of Thornrose Cemetery are also included in the district. Located in the district are the separately listed Stuart Hall School, Stuart House, and Trinity Episcopal Church. an
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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Neoclassical architecture in Virginia Greek Revival architecture in Virginia Buildings and structures in Staunton, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Staunton, Virginia {{StauntonVA-NRHP-stub