Lexington, Virginia City Guide
Lexington is home to Washington & Lee University & the Virginia Military Institute. Lexington offers wonderful shops, art, history, museums, theater, carriage rides & more.
Lexington Bed and Breakfast & Lexington History
 Lexington, Virginia, thrives as an educational cornerstone and a beautiful, friendly town home to many elegant, historic bed and breakfasts. Visit the Rockbridge area and explore the outstanding architecture, delight in the brick streets and gas lamps, and settle into a romantic bed and breakfast, allowing yourself to truly escape and take it easy. Search www.lanierbb.com for your ideal warm and inviting Lexington bed and breakfast.
Indian legend says that the heavens were so taken with the beauty of the Shenandoah Valley that each start cast the brightest jewel from its own crown into the valley’s waters to sparkle and shine forever as a sign of celestial reverence. English settlers first set their sights on the Shenandoah Valley, "Clear Eyed Daughter of the Stars", from atop the Blue Ridge Mountains. In the 1730's, Scotch-Irish and German immigrants from Pennsylvania began settling in the valley and established communities along the Indian path known as the Great Wagon Road. Rockbridge County was part of a royal land grant that was given in portions to settlers to establish as farmland and was named for the "rocky bridge", The Natural Bridge of Virginia, one of the natural wonders of the world.
The City of Lexington, Virginia was established in 1778 and named for Lexington, Massachusetts the site of the first great battle of the Revolutionary War. Incorporated in 1841, Lexington has always had strong ties to the education industry. Liberty Hall Academy was one of the first educational institutions in Lexington and later changed its name to Washington College in honor of a sizable donation made by George Washington. Robert E. Lee was the college president from the end of the Civil War until his death many years later, at which point the college’s named was changed once more, this time to Washington & Lee University, now one of the premier educational institutions in America. With the arrival of the railroad between 1860 and 1880 the town really began to grow. In 1935, a modern bridge was built across the Maury River to accommodate increasing traffic and in 1960 the town’s first commercial shopping district was constructed.
Lexington, Virginia now flourishes as a tourist destination and educational center. You'll fall in love with the shops and restaurants housed in restored historic buildings and the charming bed and breakfasts sprinkled throughout town. |
