Palmer Community Center Case Study

Palmer Community Center is located in Collierstown, Virginia in the district of Buffalo, the rural southwest of Rockbridge County. The structure stands about twelve miles or a twenty-four minute drive from Downtown Lexington, Virginia. Through an education meeting that took place at a local school house located across from South Buffalo Creek, the Palmer came into existence. The meeting was held by the new Oxford Presbyterian church minister, Reverend Thomas Mowbray, and the Superintendent of Rockbridge County Schools at the time, J. Sidney Saville. Their goal was to promote the best educational opportunities for local children. The meeting began to draw attention and consequently a large crowd assembled. Dr. James Howe, a professor of Chemistry