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Hardesty-Higgins House Visitor Center, Harrisonburg, VA
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Hardesty-Higgins House Visitor Center

Hardesty-Higgins House Visitor Center is an attraction in Harrisonburg, VA. Cost: free.

212 S Main St · Harrisonburg, VA

Why you should go…

The Hardesty-Higgins House is Harrisonburg Tourism's state-certified visitor center, set in a home begun in 1848 by Dr. Henry Higgins and finished by Isaac Hardesty, the city's first mayor. Inside are travel specialists, the Valley Turnpike Museum, one of the Shenandoah Valley's five Civil War Orientation Centers, the Virginia Craftsmen Showroom, the Rocktown Gift Shoppe and the Heritage Bakery and Cafe. The house hosted Union generals during the Civil War and later served as an inn and a furniture workshop. Open daily 9 am to 5 pm, closed on major holidays.

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  • #shenandoah valley
  • #civil war
  • #museum
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What's around here?

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    Monticello

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    Tour Thomas Jefferson's mountaintop home on a guided first-floor tour, then walk its gardens and grounds.

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