The Martha Washington
	Street Address: 150 West Main Street Abingdon, VA 24210 Local Phone: 276-628-3161 Toll Free: Fax: Email:

Originally built in 1832 as a private residence by a Virginia General, The Martha Washington Inn has seen many different uses. From Private residence it evolved into a finishing school for young ladies. When the armies of the Civil War battled in and around Abingdon, The building served as a hospital for wounded soldiers, and romantic stories of nurses and soldiers still endure to this day. After the Civil War The Martha became a women's college and today is an elegant hotel, paying homage to it The Martha Washington Inn is located on nine acres in the heart of historic Downtown Abingdon, Virginia. The town, chartered in 1778, is itself a Virginia Historic Landmark. It is the oldest town west of the Blue Ridge Mountains and is between the Great Smoky and Allegheny Mountains in the Western part of the state where Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and North Carolina meet. The Hotel is situated in the center of the historic district close to all shops dining and the theatre.