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Smithfield Plantation was built in 1772-1773 for Colonel William Preston and later became the home of three governors of Virginia, James Patton Preston, John Floyd, Jr., and John Buchanan Floyd. It was given by Mrs. Janie Preston Boulware Lamb to the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities.
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Blacksburg, Virginia · United States
