Southern Seminary Main Building, originally known as the Hotel Buena Vista and now Main Hall of
Southern Virginia University
Southern Virginia University (SVU) is a private liberal arts college in Buena Vista, Virginia. The college, though not officially affiliated with a particular faith, embraces the values of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Ch ...
, is a historic
hotel building located at
Buena Vista, Virginia. 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 style architecture. It features a steep
slate
Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade regional metamorphism. It is the finest grained foliated metamorphic rock. ...
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 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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