Walking Tour Final Project 2 The old Harrisonburg High School was built in 1928 and served as a high school for Harrisonburg until 2005. The building was renamed Memorial Hall in honor of the area’s veterans after its purchase by JMU in 2006. The school is located at 395 South High Street.       ...

Newtown Cemetery Podcast  Located at the intersection of  Sterling, Kelley, and Hill Streets, Newtown Cemetery was purchased in 1868 as the only black cemetery in Harrisonburg. It lays in the historic section of Harrisonburg known as Newtown or the Northeast Neighborhood. The cemetery has over 600 graves including some of the areas most influential African-Americans like Lucy Simms, ...

The Chesapeake Western Railway is the train that runs through Harrisonburg, Virginia everyday. Locals and students are often stopped behind the train, hoping that it might move a little faster so they wouldn’t be late to work or class. However, in these train tracks lies a deep history rooted in Harrisonburg’s development as a city. ...

Asbury United Methodist Church, built in 1911, is one of the many churches that can be seen in downtown Harrisonburg, Virginia. It is located at 205 S. Main Street. The current average weekly congregation size is 307. The Humelston Brown exterior and breathtaking stained glass makes this historical church a must-see location while in Harrisonburg. ...

Located about 5 miles outside of Harrisonburg, the Jonathan Peale House was recently added the list of National Register of Historical Places, in 2007. The house was originally built in 1845 for Jonathan Peale, a wealthy farmer and citizen of Harrisonburg. This site carries historical significance in that, beginning in April of 1862, it housed General Thomas ...

This Victorian style building has gone through many changes and new businesses in the many decades since it has been built.  It has been the home of a judge, a dry-goods store, drugstore, Houck Tannery office, millinery shop, second hand shop, restaurant, and today is the McHone Jewelry Store.   Part of the registry found left from ...

Woodbine Cemetery is located at 212 Reservoir Street. The cemetery was developed for fallen Civil War soldiers and soon became Harrisonburg’s main cemetery. Today, the cemetery is open to visitors and is conveniently placed in downtown Harrisonburg.Many of the grave sites hold stories of war  generals and Harrisonburg lawyers, a few ...

Location: 412 South Main St Built in 1888 for Joshua Wilton, a future bank president of Harrisonburg, and his family this house has moved from being a family home to a frat house. It became the restaurant and inn it currently is in 1988, 100 years after it was built. Now partnering with all sorts ...

For over 100 years, the Strayer-Conrad house has stood as testament to Harrisonburg’s architectural ingenuity. You could search from as high as Timberville County all the way to Ruckersville and not find a building quite like the Strayer-Conrad house.  Some of the oldest and most colorful characters in the first ten years of Harrisonburg’s illustrious history called the ...

Location: 780 University Blvd, MSC  3705 * Harrisonburg, VA 22807 The Edith J. Carrier Arboretum, located at James Madison University, is open free to the public from dawn to dusk 365 days a year. It broke ground in 1985 and was officially opened to the public in 1989. While there visitors are able to enjoy nature and all its beauty ...