Southern Seminary Main Building, originally known as the Hotel Buena Vista and now Main Hall of
Southern Virginia University, is a historic
hotel
A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided inside a hotel room may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a re ...
building located at
Buena Vista, Virginia
Buena Vista ( ) is an independent city located in the Blue Ridge Mountains region of Virginia in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,641. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the independent cities of Buena Vist ...
. It was built in 1890, and is a 3 1/2-story, brick and frame building in an eclectic combination of
Queen Anne and
French Renaissance
The French Renaissance was the cultural and artistic movement in France between the 15th and early 17th centuries. The period is associated with the pan-European Renaissance, a word first used by the French historian Jules Michelet to define th ...
style architecture. It features a steep
slate covered gable roof, round towers with conical and domical roofs, three-level wooden galleries, and Palladian windows. By 1907, the building was known as the Southern Seminary Main Building, after consolidation of three campuses of that school.
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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
in 1972.[
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Buildings and structures in Buena Vista, Virginia
National Register of Historic Places in Buena Vista, Virginia
School buildings completed in 1890
Southern Virginia University
University and college buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
University and college administration buildings in the United States
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