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Solitude is a historic home located on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute at Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Virginia. The earliest section was built about 1802, and expanded first in circa 1834 and then in the 1850s by Col. Robert Preston, who received the land surrounding Solitude from his father, Virginia Governor James Patton Preston. Dating back over 200 years, Solitude is the oldest building on the Virginia Tech Blacksburg campus.
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- ↑ Wallenstein, Peter; Kennelly, Tamara. "Time Line of the History of Virginia Tech" . Retrieved 2008-03-22.
- ↑ Kinnear, Duncan Lyle. "A Short History of Virginia Tech" . Retrieved 2007-10-14.
- ↑ http://www.unirel.vt.edu/history/physical_plant/Preston_and_Olin_Building.html
