Old Town Winchester

This is the Old Town section of Winchester, Virginia, my hometown. It is the most wonderful place in the world. I was born and raised there, and will return there when I graduate from college.

The yellow building was the old Farmers and Merchants National Bank, but is now a BB&T.

The building on the right is the old courthouse, which was built in 1840. Winchester switched hands around 73 or 74 times during the Civil War, and during that time, the courthouse was used as a prison. Civil War soldiers left graffitti on the walls, and now the old courthouse is a Civil War Museum.

If you have any interest in the Civil War, you should really visit Winchester. Stonewall Jackson had his headquarters there, and now it is a museum. General Sheridan also had a headquarters there, which coincidentally is right down the street from Jackson's. Sheridan's former headquarters is now Kimberly's, an upscale furniture and boutique store.

Numerous Civil War battles were fought in and around Winchester.

In addition to the Civil War history, Winchester was also a home for George Washington's surveying company. His headquarters is still standing and is also a museum.

Winchester and the surrounding areas are absolutely beautiful, if you would like to see it, hurry, because numerous developers from Northern Virginia are building large subdivisions and destroying the land, the history, and the community of Winchester and Frederick County.