Trinkle Mansion is an

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building located in

Wytheville, Virginia Wytheville ( ) is a town in and the county seat of Wythe County, Virginia, Wythe County, Virginia, United States. It is named after George Wythe, a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence and mentor to Thomas Jefferson. Wytheville ...

that is now a four-room

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. It is a contributing property to the Wytheville Historic District.

History

The Trinkle Mansion was built in 1912 by William Trinkle, the son of a prominent Wytheville family. William married a young woman by the name of Ethel and the young couple had two young children, a boy and a girl. William was a wealthy farm owner that oversaw of land. The house was built in a

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style and had unprecedented technology for the time period like a steam heating system and a built-in central vacuum system. The house is now on the

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and the

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as part of the Wytheville Historic District, added to the national register in 1994. an
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Birthplace Museum, and Wolf Creek Indian Village & Museum. There are also a number of hiking and biking trails that surround the town.

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