The Grove in Washington County, Virginia, lies off the Lee Highway, US Route 11, eight miles southwest of the town of Abingdon, Virginia and only five hundred feet northeast of the city limits of Bristol, Virginia. It was built in 1857 by Colonel John Preston, one of the first judges in Washington County, as his retirement home. It was the second "manor" house built on the Walnut Grove Plantation. The first house was the home of John Preston's father, Colonel Robert Preston, the first land surveyor of Washington County. It still stands, approximately one quarter of a mile from The Grove and it is known as "Walnut Grove." The original plantation tract covered the acreage southwest of Abingdon to what is now the city line of Bristol, Virginia and Bristol, Tennessee.

The Greek Revival-style house is a brick masonry structure with a two-story wood framed front porch. It is approximately 4,500 square feet in size with a low roofline and deep eaves. On the east side of the main block, it has a one-story kitchen wing attached by a small porch.

The house was abandoned in 1972 and fell into a general state of decay, suffering extensive vandalism. Currently The Grove is being carefully and substantially rehabilitated to become the new offices of the Children's Advocacy Center of Bristol-Washington County, Virginia, Inc. - NRHP, 29 March 2002