Historical Marker
The Cellar Building
Historical marker location:
302 North Main Street, Blacksburg, Virginia
( Marker is at the intersection of College Avenue Extension and North Main Street (Business U.S. 460), on the right when traveling west on College Avenue Extension.)
Ca. 1890.
In 1619, the Virginia House of Burgesses became the first representative assembly in the Americas. It was the beginning of a tradition of representative government that would later influence the creation of the United States government.