Featured Top Story Preston house now on endangered historic places list Stephanie Porter-Nichols | Smyth County News & Messenger May 17, 2022 May 17, 2022 Updated May 17, 2023 0 Preservation Virginia included the 19th-century Preston-Crockett House in Smyth County on its 2022 list of Virginia’s Most Endangered Historic Places. Photo courtesy the Virginia Department of Historic Resources Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Stephanie Porter-Nichols | Smyth County News & Messenger The tangible threat to the 19th-century Preston-Crockett House has earned it a place among the most endangered historic places in Virginia.kAmp??F2==J :? |2J[ E96 AC:G2E6[ ?@?\AC@7:E !C6D6CG2E:@? ':C8:?:2 C6=62D6D ':C8:?:2’D |@DE t?52?86C65 w:DE@C:4 !=246D =:DE :? 2? 677@CE E@ 3C:?8 2EE6?E:@? 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