WILLIAM KING REGIONAL ARTS CENTER

ABINGDON, VA

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The William King Regional Arts Center is a non-profit visual arts center located in Abingdon, Virginia, dedicated to showcasing high-quality art exhibits and educational programs. The center is housed in a historic, 1913 Classical Revival style building that originally served as a post office.

The center boasts a 3,000 square foot main gallery space that showcases rotating exhibits, featuring both regional and national artists. Additionally, there are two smaller galleries that feature works by local artists and student artists. The center also offers art classes, workshops and camps for all ages and skill levels.

The William King Regional Arts Center is also home to a permanent collection of over 1,000 pieces of art, which includes works by renowned artists such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, and Henri Matisse. The center also has a gift shop that features unique, handcrafted items made by local artists and artisans.

The center's mission is to enrich the lives of people in the region through the arts, and they achieve this through their diverse programming and outreach efforts. The William King Regional Arts Center is a must-visit destination for anyone interested in the arts in Abingdon, VA.

WILLIAM KING REGIONAL ARTS CENTER is a Uncategorized or General Museum in ABINGDON VA. US MID #8405100647

The museum is classed as GMU (Uncategorized or General Museums). It comes under American Alliance of Museums (AAM) region: Southeastern (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia). Total revenue from most recent IRS 990 Form: $ 929,584 from tax period 201306 (YYYYMM).

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Dr. William H. Pitts House, Main Street, Abingdon, VA Built in 1854, this Greek Revival-style house was constructed by Adam Hickman and sold to Dr. William H. Pitts, a doctor from Richmond, who served as a surgeon at the Abingdon Confederate Hospital during the Civil War. Dr. Pitts lived in the house until his death in 1869. The house features a stucco-clad exterior, a five-bay front facade, a side-gable roof with stepped parapets, nine-over-six, six-over-six, and two-over-two double-hung windows with shutters, a recessed front entrance door with sidelights, a transom, and a decorative trim surround, and a two-story shed-roof wood-frame rear ell. The house is a contributing structure in the Abingdon Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970, and was listed individually on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
Summers Building, Main Street and Court Street, Abingdon, VA Built in 1908, this Classical Revival-style building is known as the Summers Building. The building features a red brick exterior with buff brick and stone trim, buff brick pilasters, a simple cornice, a rooftop deck, and large plate glass windows on the first floor with transoms, flanking the recessed corner entrance. The building is a contributing structure in the Abingdon Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.
Dr. William H. Pitts House, Main Street, Abingdon, VA Built in 1854, this Greek Revival-style house was constructed by Adam Hickman and sold to Dr. William H. Pitts, a doctor from Richmond, who served as a surgeon at the Abingdon Confederate Hospital during the Civil War. Dr. Pitts lived in the house until his death in 1869. The house features a stucco-clad exterior, a five-bay front facade, a side-gable roof with stepped parapets, nine-over-six, six-over-six, and two-over-two double-hung windows with shutters, a recessed front entrance door with sidelights, a transom, and a decorative trim surround, and a two-story shed-roof wood-frame rear ell. The house is a contributing structure in the Abingdon Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970, and was listed individually on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
Main Street, Abingdon, VA Built in 1820 as a Federal-style house, this structure was renovated and expanded later in the 19th Century in the Italianate style. The building features a red flemish bond brick exterior, a hipped roof, with twelve-over-eight and nine-over-six double-hung windows, six-over-six-over-six double-hung windows on the first floor, gabled dormers, bracketed eaves, a first floor retail shopfront with two large plate glass windows flanking a recessed central doorway, and a recessed front door with a transom, sidelights and a decorative pedimented trim surround. The house is a contributing structure in the Abingdon Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.
Main Street, Abingdon, VA Built in 1895, this Queen Anne-style duplex features a red brick exterior, hipped roof with two front gables, two-story bay windows on the side facades, Queen Anne-style double-hung windows, arched window bays at the gable ends, a bracketed cornice, and a front porch with rectilinear stop-chamfer columns, a hipped roof, and a decorative paneled wooden railing. The building is a contributing structure in the Abingdon Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.
Main Street, Abingdon, VA Built in 1895, this Queen Anne-style duplex features a red brick exterior, hipped roof with two front gables, two-story bay windows on the side facades, Queen Anne-style double-hung windows, arched window bays at the gable ends, a bracketed cornice, and a front porch with rectilinear stop-chamfer columns, a hipped roof, and a decorative paneled wooden railing. The building is a contributing structure in the Abingdon Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.
Main Street, Abingdon, VA Built in 1790 as a Federal-style house and later renovated with the addition of Italianate-style elements in the 19th Century, this house features a side-gable roof with a front-gabled eastern ell, six-over-six and four-over-four double-hung windows, a bay window on the first floor of the eastern ell, bracketed eaves, decorative window hoods, a front porch with rectilinear columns, and a front door with sidelights and a transom. The house is a contributing structure in the Abingdon Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.
Main Street, Abingdon, VA Built in 1790 as a Federal-style house and later renovated with the addition of Italianate-style elements in the 19th Century, this house features a side-gable roof with a front-gabled eastern ell, six-over-six and four-over-four double-hung windows, a bay window on the first floor of the eastern ell, bracketed eaves, decorative window hoods, a front porch with rectilinear columns, and a front door with sidelights and a transom. The house is a contributing structure in the Abingdon Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.
Main Street, Abingdon, VA Built in 1790 as a Federal-style house and later renovated with the addition of Italianate-style elements in the 19th Century, this house features a side-gable roof with a front-gabled eastern ell, six-over-six and four-over-four double-hung windows, a bay window on the first floor of the eastern ell, bracketed eaves, decorative window hoods, a front porch with rectilinear columns, and a front door with sidelights and a transom. The house is a contributing structure in the Abingdon Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.
Main Street, Abingdon, VA Built in 1790 as a Federal-style house and later renovated with the addition of Italianate-style elements in the 19th Century, this house features a side-gable roof with a front-gabled eastern ell, six-over-six and four-over-four double-hung windows, a bay window on the first floor of the eastern ell, bracketed eaves, decorative window hoods, a front porch with rectilinear columns, and a front door with sidelights and a transom. The house is a contributing structure in the Abingdon Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.

Contact WILLIAM KING REGIONAL ARTS CENTER

WILLIAM KING REGIONAL ARTS CENTER
P.O. BOX 2256
ABINGDON
VA
24212-2256

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MID # 8405100647
Name WILLIAM KING REGIONAL ARTS CENTER
Alternate Name WILLIAM KING REGIONAL ARTS CENTER
Classification Uncategorized or General Museums, , Southeastern
Federal Employer Identification Number (EIN) 541144120
NTEECC
Tax period of the latest return filed (YYYYMM) 201306
INCOME 957,489
REVENUE 929,584
LAT/LONG 36.709215, -81.980952
CODES FIPS State Code: 51
FIPS County Code: 191
US Census Tract: 010501
US Census Block: 3080