| Day One This afternoon we suggest you begin your visit with a stop at the Halifax County Visitors Center, now located in the restored Prizery. The building was named for the process of tobacco being pressed— or “prized” into hogsheads for shipment. Carved out of a 19th century tobacco warehouse, the most interesting and handsome of the industrial buildings in downtown South Boston with an Italianate tower, The Prizery is more than a welcome center. It is also a community and fine arts center with a 425 seat theater and exhibits highlighting Halifax County’s tobacco and river transportation heritage. A new exhibit currently in development, “The Crossing of the Dan,” traces the route of Lord Cornwallis in 1781 as he led British troops from Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina, to the Dan River while pursuing General Nathanael Greene and the Americans. The journey ultimately led to Yorktown and Cornwallis’ surrender, effectively ending the American Revolution. Starting near there at Tucker Watkins Bridge, where South Boston itself began, you can stroll through one of the largest and architecturally interesting historic districts in southern Virginia. The district is significant for its late Victorian commercial and residential architecture and a variety of late 19th and 20th century homes. This evening, if you’re game, take in a
race at the South Boston Speedway! Affectionately known as SoBo,
the track has undergone tremendous recent renovations. South Boston
Speedway now hosts the NASCAR Grand National events as well as Late
Model Stock Car races. You can enjoy the racing traditions of 44 years
at South Boston Raceway and the same level of professionalism and
competition now the norm at America’s Super Speedways. Plus that,
there’s the famous hospitality of southern towns. Holiday Inn Express: Stay at
this well located, well priced property in South Boston, Virginia. |