Articles · October 20, 2026

Fall color and a low sun from the Shenandoah Valley to the Carolinas: twelve buildings to photograph, October 21 to 27, 2026

Twelve buildings in the Shenandoah Valley, the Virginia Blue Ridge, the North Carolina mountains and the South Carolina Upstate where the sunrise or sunset lines up with a wall from October 21 to 27, as the leaves turn south and down the mountains.

For October 21 to 27, 2026.

This week the color moves south and down the mountains. The ridge of Shenandoah National Park is at peak, the Virginia Blue Ridge and the valleys on both sides of it are turning, the Parkway in North Carolina holds its color through the weekend, and the Carolina foothills and the South Carolina Upstate are early. Northern New England is past peak, and the coast is still green.

Each building below has a wall that faces the rising or setting sun on some of these days. On those mornings or evenings the light falls square on the wall, with the trees around it lit from the same side. Each entry gives the wall, the days, the best time and where to stand, and a button opens the wall in Henge Days with its row in the Henge days list selected.

How the list was made

Henge Days computed every named building within a few hundred meters of 64 town centers, campuses and estates in the Shenandoah Valley, the Virginia Blue Ridge, the North Carolina mountains and the South Carolina Upstate, from OpenStreetMap outlines. It kept walls where the sun lines up with the wall within 6 degrees of the horizon on at least one day from Wednesday, October 21, to Tuesday, October 27. It then traced the sun's path from each wall and dropped the walls where a neighboring building stands higher than the sun. Most walls in town centers fail that test, which is why so many of these buildings face a lawn, a parade ground or a churchyard.

Hills and trees are not part of that check, and the times assume a level horizon. In these mountains that matters more than it did in New England. Where a ridge rises toward the sun, the light reaches the wall later in the morning or leaves it earlier in the evening. The entries say where that applies. A henge day puts the sun on the horizon; a golden day puts it up to 6 degrees higher, which clears most low ridges.

How to read each entry

Each entry shows the building as Henge Days shows it. The map marks the building's outline from OpenStreetMap, gives every wall its compass bearing, and highlights the wall that lines up with the sun. Below it are the wall's row from the building's Henge days list, with a Save button that keeps the best day in your planner, and a year of head-on days for every wall.

Twelve buildings

1 State Theatre

Culpeper, Virginia

Wall: east-southeast, facing 107°
Sun: The rising sun lines up with this wall on Oct 27. Best: Tuesday, October 27 at 7:42 AM, 1.3° above the horizon.
Leaves: Early to mid color in the Piedmont. A forecast updated October 15 puts most of Virginia at peak between October 22 and November 3, with the Blue Ridge ahead of the lowlands (More Than Just Parks).
Where to stand: The wall that lines up is the back of the theatre, away from the Main Street marquee, which faces west-northwest and gets no head-on sun. Stand behind the building, east-southeast of that wall, with the sun behind you. The light is golden every morning this week, and on Tuesday the sun lines up with the wall at the horizon, at 7:42 AM. Nothing in the outlines stands in the way.

A 1938 Art Deco movie house on Main Street, built for the Pitts theater chain to a design by Nicholas Roney. It closed in the 1990s, went to a foundation in 2006 and reopened in May 2013 after a restoration that kept the marquee. It is the only Art Deco building left in Culpeper.

Map of State Theatre in Henge Days, with the east-southeast wall highlighted and every wall labeled with its bearing — The building page in Henge Days. The highlighted walls face 107°, toward the sunrise on the days in the row below; every wall carries its bearing.

Tue, Oct 27 to Fri, Oct 30, 20264 mornings · best Fri, Oct 30

7:37 AM Henge sunrise, sun on the horizon ESE 107° wall

Its row in the Henge days list, with the time of the head-on moment on the best day. Save keeps that day in your planner, which can send it to your calendar app. Saving asks you to sign in with an email link; there is no password.

A year of head-on days for each wall of State Theatre — The year for every wall of the building. Each row is a wall; the colored runs are its henge, golden and low-sun days.

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2 Fishburne Military School

Waynesboro, Virginia

Wall: east-southeast, facing 106°
Sun: The rising sun lines up with this wall on Oct 25 to 27. Best: Tuesday, October 27 at 7:40 AM, 0.5° above the horizon.
Leaves: The Blue Ridge above Waynesboro is at peak. A tracker updated October 15 forecasts the peak in Shenandoah National Park around October 20, with the lower slopes about a week behind (More Than Just Parks). The valley floor turns later.
Where to stand: The wall is the east front of the barracks, away from West 11th Street. Stand on the grounds east-southeast of it, with the sun behind you. The light is golden Wednesday to Sunday, 1.4 to 3.5 degrees up. From Sunday to Tuesday the sun lines up with the wall at the horizon, where a building across the street may take the first minutes; its outline has no height, so the check assumed one.

Virginia's oldest private military school, founded by James A. Fishburne in 1879. The brick barracks, castellated Gothic in the manner of VMI, was designed in 1916 by the Staunton architect T. J. Collins and replaced a wooden barracks razed in 1917. It is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Map of Fishburne Military School in Henge Days, with the east-southeast wall highlighted and every wall labeled with its bearing — The building page in Henge Days. The highlighted walls face 106°, toward the sunrise on the days in the row below; every wall carries its bearing.

Sun, Oct 25 to Wed, Oct 28, 20264 mornings · best Wed, Oct 28

7:38 AM Henge sunrise, sun on the horizon ESE 106° wall

A year of head-on days for each wall of Fishburne Military School — The year for every wall of the building. Each row is a wall; the colored runs are its henge, golden and low-sun days.

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3 White Star Mills

Staunton, Virginia

Wall: east-southeast, facing 104°
Sun: The rising sun lines up with this wall on Oct 21 to 22. Best: Thursday, October 22 at 7:34 AM, 0.3° above the horizon.
Leaves: Early to mid color in the valley. The Virginia State Parks report of October 15 describes the western region moving toward peak, with dogwoods and maples leading (Virginia State Parks).
Where to stand: East-southeast of the mill, on the Mill Street side, with the sun behind you. Wednesday and Thursday only, with the sun on the horizon at about 7:34 AM. The hills east of Staunton can hold the first light for a few minutes, so a clear sky matters.

A brick flour mill of about 1892 at the east end of Staunton's Wharf district, beside the railroad. It was once the largest flour mill in the Shenandoah Valley, stopped milling in 1966 and holds a restaurant.

Map of White Star Mills in Henge Days, with the east-southeast wall highlighted and every wall labeled with its bearing — The building page in Henge Days. The highlighted walls face 104°, toward the sunrise on the days in the row below; every wall carries its bearing.

Tue, Oct 20 to Thu, Oct 22, 20263 mornings · best Thu, Oct 22

7:34 AM Henge sunrise, sun on the horizon ESE 104° wall

The year for every wall of the building. Each row is a wall; the colored runs are its henge, golden and low-sun days.

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4 Virginia Military Institute Barracks

Lexington, Virginia

Wall: west-southwest, facing 253°
Sun: The low evening sun lines up with this wall on Oct 21 to 27. Best: Tuesday, October 27 at 6:13 PM, 1.7° above the horizon.
Leaves: Mid color in the valley, with the Blue Ridge to the east ahead of it. The Roanoke region's tourism office, updated October 12, calls the valleys pre-peak and expects the strongest color from October 24 to November 7 (Visit Virginia's Blue Ridge).
Where to stand: On the Parade Ground, west-southwest of the Barracks, looking back at the arches with the sun behind you. The light is golden every evening this week, from about 5 degrees on Wednesday down to under 2 on Tuesday. Moody Hall, beyond the Parade Ground, could take the last minutes on Tuesday; the check estimated its height.

The castellated Gothic Barracks designed by Alexander Jackson Davis, begun on July 4, 1851. Union troops burned it in 1864. It was rebuilt from 1866 to 1869, extended in the 1890s and again in 1916 to Bertram Goodhue's plan, and is a National Historic Landmark.

Map of Virginia Military Institute Barracks in Henge Days, with the west-southwest wall highlighted and every wall labeled with its bearing — The building page in Henge Days. The highlighted walls face 253°, toward the sunset on the days in the row below; every wall carries its bearing.

Mon, Oct 19 to Fri, Oct 30, 202612 evenings · best Fri, Oct 30

6:17 PM Golden sunset, sun 0° up WSW 253° wall

A year of head-on days for each wall of Virginia Military Institute Barracks — The year for every wall of the building. Each row is a wall; the colored runs are its henge, golden and low-sun days.

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5 George C Marshall Research Foundation Library

Lexington, Virginia

Wall: west-southwest, facing 254°
Sun: The setting sun lines up with this wall on Oct 25 to 27. Best: Tuesday, October 27 at 6:22 PM, 0.2° above the horizon.
Leaves: Mid color in the valley, with the Blue Ridge to the east ahead of it. The Roanoke region's tourism office, updated October 12, calls the valleys pre-peak and expects the strongest color from October 24 to November 7 (Visit Virginia's Blue Ridge).
Where to stand: On the lawn west-southwest of the library, on the side away from the Parade Ground, with the sun behind you. Sunday to Tuesday the sun lines up with the wall at the horizon, at about 6:22 PM, and golden light reaches it every evening from Wednesday. House Mountain and the ridges west of Lexington can take the last minutes on the horizon days.

The George C. Marshall Foundation's library and museum at the west end of the VMI post, dedicated on May 23, 1964, with President Lyndon B. Johnson speaking. It holds Marshall's papers and a museum on his life.

Map of George C Marshall Research Foundation Library in Henge Days, with the west-southwest wall highlighted and every wall labeled with its bearing — The building page in Henge Days. The highlighted walls face 254°, toward the sunset on the days in the row below; every wall carries its bearing.

Sun, Oct 25 to Tue, Oct 27, 20263 evenings · best Tue, Oct 27

6:22 PM Henge sunset, sun on the horizon WSW 254° wall

A year of head-on days for each wall of George C Marshall Research Foundation Library — The year for every wall of the building. Each row is a wall; the colored runs are its henge, golden and low-sun days.

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6 Memorial Chapel

Sweet Briar, Virginia

Wall: east-southeast, facing 109°
Sun: The low morning sun lines up with this wall on Oct 22 to 27. Best: Tuesday, October 27 at 7:55 AM, 3.1° above the horizon.
Leaves: Mid color at the foot of the Blue Ridge, with the ridge ahead of the campus. A forecast updated October 15 puts most of Virginia at peak between October 22 and November 3 (More Than Just Parks).
Where to stand: The wall is the chapel's east end, toward Dairy Road, not the front on the quadrangle. Stand on the grass between the chapel and the road, east-southeast of the wall, with the sun behind you. Thursday to Tuesday, 3 to 6 degrees up. The Blue Ridge stands to the west here, and the ground falls away to the east, so the whole run works.

The chapel of Sweet Briar College, built in 1966 on the spot Ralph Adams Cram set for it in his plan for the campus, at the head of the main quadrangle. Cram's firm designed the college's first buildings from 1901, and the campus is a National Register historic district.

Map of Memorial Chapel in Henge Days, with the east-southeast wall highlighted and every wall labeled with its bearing — The building page in Henge Days. The highlighted walls face 109°, toward the sunrise on the days in the row below; every wall carries its bearing.

Thu, Oct 22 to Tue, Nov 3, 202613 mornings · best Tue, Nov 3

6:44 AM Golden sunrise, sun 0° up ESE 109° wall

A year of head-on days for each wall of Memorial Chapel — The year for every wall of the building. Each row is a wall; the colored runs are its henge, golden and low-sun days.

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7 Smyth Hall

Blacksburg, Virginia

Wall: west-southwest, facing 250°
Sun: The low evening sun lines up with this wall on Oct 25 to 27. Best: Tuesday, October 27 at 6:00 PM, 4.7° above the horizon.
Leaves: Near peak. Blacksburg sits at about 2,000 feet, and the Roanoke region's tourism office expects the strongest color in the valleys from October 24 to November 7 (Visit Virginia's Blue Ridge).
Where to stand: The wall is the west face of the hall's south wing, on the court between the wings. Stand in that court, west-southwest of the wing, with the sun behind you. Sunday to Tuesday, 5 to 6 degrees up, which clears the low ridges west of Blacksburg.

The first section of Virginia Tech's Natural Science Building went up in 1939 and a second in 1950. It was renamed in 1949 for Ellison A. Smyth Jr., who founded the biology department and was the first dean of the faculty. Three bird gargoyles on the roof are its downspouts.

Map of Smyth Hall in Henge Days, with the west-southwest wall highlighted and every wall labeled with its bearing — The building page in Henge Days. The highlighted walls face 250°, toward the sunset on the days in the row below; every wall carries its bearing.

Sun, Oct 25 to Fri, Nov 6, 202613 evenings · best Fri, Nov 6

5:16 PM Golden sunset, sun 0° up WSW 250° wall

A year of head-on days for each wall of Smyth Hall — The year for every wall of the building. Each row is a wall; the colored runs are its henge, golden and low-sun days.

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8 Hotel Floyd

Floyd, Virginia

Wall: west-southwest, facing 252°
Sun: The low evening sun lines up with this wall on Oct 21 to 27. Best: Tuesday, October 27 at 6:15 PM, 2.1° above the horizon.
Leaves: At or near peak on the plateau. The Blue Ridge Parkway, six miles from town, runs higher than the valleys and turns first; the Roanoke region's office expects the strongest color across the region from October 24 to November 7 (Visit Virginia's Blue Ridge).
Where to stand: West-southwest of the hotel, on the walkway, with the sun behind you. Golden light every evening this week, from 5 degrees on Wednesday down to 2 on Tuesday. Floyd is on the Blue Ridge plateau at about 2,500 feet, with open sky to the west.

A 40-room hotel opened in 2007 in the center of Floyd, a block from the Floyd Country Store and its Friday Night Jamboree. It was built with green technology, and each room is furnished on a theme from the town or the county.

Map of Hotel Floyd in Henge Days, with the west-southwest wall highlighted and every wall labeled with its bearing — The building page in Henge Days. The highlighted walls face 252°, toward the sunset on the days in the row below; every wall carries its bearing.

Tue, Oct 20 to Sat, Oct 31, 202612 evenings · best Sat, Oct 31

6:21 PM Golden sunset, sun 0° up WSW 252° wall

A year of head-on days for each wall of Hotel Floyd — The year for every wall of the building. Each row is a wall; the colored runs are its henge, golden and low-sun days.

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9 Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts

Boone, North Carolina

Wall: west-southwest, facing 252°
Sun: The low evening sun lines up with this wall on Oct 21 to 27. Best: Tuesday, October 27 at 6:22 PM, 2.0° above the horizon.
Leaves: Past peak on the highest ground, with the best color moving down. The Asheville report for the week of October 12 expects color along the Parkway to last into October 24 and 25 before it moves into the foothills (Explore Asheville). Boone's own report puts the town's usual peak at October 11 to 14, with the lower valleys later (WataugaOnline).
Where to stand: On the lawn west-southwest of the hall's long west wall, with the sun behind you. Wednesday to Saturday, with the sun 3.5 to 5 degrees up. Frank Hall, across the way, rises about 3 degrees in the check (its height is estimated), so from Sunday the alignment comes behind it. Boone sits at 3,300 feet, and the ridges west of town are close.

Appalachian State's concert hall, with 1,660 seats. It was built as Farthing Auditorium and reopened in July 2013 after a renovation paid for by a $7 million gift from Bonnie and Jamie Schaefer. It is the home of An Appalachian Summer Festival.

Map of Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts in Henge Days, with the west-southwest wall highlighted and every wall labeled with its bearing — The building page in Henge Days. The highlighted walls face 252°, toward the sunset on the days in the row below; every wall carries its bearing.

Tue, Oct 20 to Sat, Oct 31, 202612 evenings · best Sat, Oct 31

6:29 PM Golden sunset, sun 0° up WSW 252° wall

A year of head-on days for each wall of Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts — The year for every wall of the building. Each row is a wall; the colored runs are its henge, golden and low-sun days.

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10 St. Mary's Catholic Church

Sylva, North Carolina

Wall: east-southeast, facing 107°
Sun: The low morning sun lines up with this wall on Oct 21 to 27. Best: Tuesday, October 27 at 8:05 AM, 2.5° above the horizon.
Leaves: The mountains around Sylva are at peak. The Nantahala Outdoor Center's forecast for the week of October 18 puts prime color at 2,500 to 4,500 feet across western North Carolina (NOC). The town, at 2,000 feet, follows.
Where to stand: On the Bartlett Street sidewalk, east-southeast of the church, with the sun behind you. Golden light every morning this week, from about 6 degrees on Wednesday to 2.5 on Tuesday. Sylva sits in a valley at 2,000 feet, with the Plott Balsams to the north-west and lower hills to the east, so the earlier days, with the higher sun, are the safer bet.

St. Mary, Mother of God, the Catholic parish of Jackson County, on Bartlett Street in the center of Sylva. The parish began in the 1950s, serving the town and Western Carolina College in Cullowhee.

Map of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Henge Days, with the east-southeast wall highlighted and every wall labeled with its bearing — The building page in Henge Days. The highlighted walls face 107°, toward the sunrise on the days in the row below; every wall carries its bearing.

Wed, Oct 21 to Sun, Nov 1, 202612 mornings · best Sun, Nov 1

6:56 AM Golden sunrise, sun 0° up ESE 107° wall

A year of head-on days for each wall of St. Mary's Catholic Church — The year for every wall of the building. Each row is a wall; the colored runs are its henge, golden and low-sun days.

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11 Main Building (Old Main)

Spartanburg, South Carolina

Wall: west-southwest, facing 252°
Sun: The low evening sun lines up with this wall on Oct 22 to 27. Best: Tuesday, October 27 at 6:21 PM, 2.7° above the horizon.
Leaves: Early color. The forecast updated October 13 puts peak in Spartanburg County between November 4 and 10 (More Than Just Parks).
Where to stand: The wall is the west end of Old Main. Stand on the lawn west-southwest of it, with the sun behind you. Thursday to Tuesday, 2.7 to 5.5 degrees up. A medical office beyond the campus edge rises about 1 degree in the check, under the sun all week.

Wofford's first building, designed by the Charleston architect Edward C. Jones in the Italianate style. Work began in 1852, and the college opened in it on August 1, 1854. Twin towers frame the portico, and the bell in the west tower has rung for class changes since the building was completed.

Map of Main Building (Old Main) in Henge Days, with the west-southwest wall highlighted and every wall labeled with its bearing — The building page in Henge Days. The highlighted walls face 252°, toward the sunset on the days in the row below; every wall carries its bearing.

Thu, Oct 22 to Sun, Nov 1, 202611 evenings · best Sun, Nov 1

5:30 PM Golden sunset, sun 0° up WSW 252° wall

A year of head-on days for each wall of Main Building (Old Main) — The year for every wall of the building. Each row is a wall; the colored runs are its henge, golden and low-sun days.

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12 Christ Church

Greenville, South Carolina

Wall: east-southeast, facing 109°
Sun: The low morning sun lines up with this wall on Oct 23 to 27. Best: Tuesday, October 27 at 8:08 AM, 3.8° above the horizon.
Leaves: Early color in the city. Peak in Greenville County is forecast for November 2 and 3 (More Than Just Parks). At Table Rock, 30 miles north, the ranger's October 14 report had deep reds led by sourwoods (South Carolina State Parks).
Where to stand: In the churchyard east-southeast of the church, with the sun behind you. Friday to Tuesday, from 6 degrees down to about 4. Nothing in the outlines stands between the wall and the sunrise.

Greenville's oldest church building, Gothic Revival on a cruciform plan, designed by the Rev. John DeWitt McCullough. Building began in May 1852, and the church was consecrated on September 29, 1854. The churchyard, with the graves of Governor Benjamin F. Perry and several mayors, is on the National Register with the church.

Map of Christ Church in Henge Days, with the east-southeast wall highlighted and every wall labeled with its bearing — The building page in Henge Days. The highlighted walls face 109°, toward the sunrise on the days in the row below; every wall carries its bearing.

Fri, Oct 23 to Wed, Nov 4, 202613 mornings · best Wed, Nov 4

6:53 AM Golden sunrise, sun 0° up ESE 109° wall

A year of head-on days for each wall of Christ Church — The year for every wall of the building. Each row is a wall; the colored runs are its henge, golden and low-sun days.

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More walls this week

These walls also have a clear path to the sun on some days this week. Some are less known, some have shorter windows, and a few are on campuses. Each name opens the wall in Henge Days.

Shenandoah Valley

Building	Wall	Light	Days	Best
Joint Judicial Center Winchester, Virginia	ESE 106°	Sunrise	Oct 24 to 27	Oct 27, 7:37 AM
Piccadilly's Public House and Restaurant Winchester, Virginia	ESE 108°	Low morning sun	Oct 21 to 27	Oct 27, 7:46 AM
Sonner Admissions Hall Harrisonburg, Virginia	ESE 105°	Sunrise	Oct 21 to 24	Oct 24, 7:34 AM
JMU Convocation Center Harrisonburg, Virginia	WSW 250°	Low evening sun	Oct 23 to 27	Oct 27, 5:57 PM
Mallory Hall Lexington, Virginia	WSW 251°	Low evening sun	Oct 24 to 27	Oct 27, 5:58 PM

Northern Piedmont

Building	Wall	Light	Days	Best
Middleburg Community Charter School Middleburg, Virginia	WSW 252°	Sunset	Oct 27	Oct 27, 6:05 PM
St. Stephens Episcopal Church Culpeper, Virginia	ESE 106°	Sunrise	Oct 24 to 27	Oct 27, 7:34 AM
Dinsmore Row at The Corner Charlottesville, Virginia	ESE 107°	Sunrise	Oct 27	Oct 27, 7:42 AM
Albemarle County Courthouse Charlottesville, Virginia · Only Tuesday, with the sun 6 degrees up	ESE 111°	Low morning sun	Oct 27	Oct 27, 8:10 AM

Blue Ridge

Building	Wall	Light	Days	Best
Lorimer House, Hollins University Roanoke, Virginia	ESE 106°	Sunrise	Oct 25 to 27	Oct 27, 7:43 AM
Bedford Museum & Genealogical Library Bedford, Virginia	ESE 109°	Low morning sun	Oct 23 to 27	Oct 27, 7:59 AM
Wallace Hall Blacksburg, Virginia	WSW 250°	Low evening sun	Oct 25 to 27	Oct 27, 6:00 PM
Tobias Smyth House Emory, Virginia	WSW 256°	Sunset	Oct 21 to 23	Oct 23, 6:36 PM

North Carolina mountains

Building	Wall	Light	Days	Best
Rankin Science West Boone, North Carolina	WSW 253°	Sunset	Oct 27	Oct 27, 6:26 PM
Waynesville First United Methodist Church Waynesville, North Carolina · Only Wednesday, with the sun 4 degrees up	ESE 108°	Sunrise	Oct 27	Oct 27, 7:56 AM
Turner Hall Mars Hill, North Carolina	ESE 108°	Low morning sun	Oct 21 to 27	Oct 27, 8:02 AM

South Carolina Upstate

Building	Wall	Light	Days	Best
Bauknight House, the Jewel of Walhalla Walhalla, South Carolina	ESE 109°	Low morning sun	Oct 25 to 27	Oct 27, 8:17 AM
Lowry Hall Clemson, South Carolina	ESE 109°	Low morning sun	Oct 24 to 27	Oct 27, 8:11 AM
Burwell Building Spartanburg, South Carolina	WSW 251°	Low evening sun	Oct 25 to 27	Oct 27, 6:10 PM
Parish House Greenville, South Carolina	ESE 110°	Low morning sun	Oct 26 to 27	Oct 27, 8:15 AM

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Fall color and a low sun from the Shenandoah Valley to the Carolinas: twelve buildings to photograph, October 21 to 27, 2026

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1 State Theatre

2 Fishburne Military School

3 White Star Mills

4 Virginia Military Institute Barracks

5 George C Marshall Research Foundation Library

6 Memorial Chapel

7 Smyth Hall

8 Hotel Floyd

9 Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts

10 St. Mary's Catholic Church

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