Yellow Sulphur Springs
Developed in the early 19th century, Yellow Sulphur Springs in Montgomery County afforded its patrons the usual middle-class leisure-time and therapeutic pursuits of the mid-Victorian-era mountain resorts. Prior to the […]
Old Christiansburg Industrial Institute
On a promontory above the Montgomery County town of Christiansburg, the Old Christiansburg Industrial Institute (Hill School) and the Schaeffer Memorial Baptist Church, both built in 1885, are monuments in […]
Kentland Farm Historic and Archaeological District
James Randal Kent (1792-1867) assembled the Kentland plantation in the early 19th century, and by 1860 had holdings of 6,000 acres worked by 123 enslaved individuals. Kent completed his immense […]
Pompey Callaway House
This 1910 house in the historically African American section of of the Montgomery County village of Elliston is the individual architectural expression of a formerly enslaved individual, Pompey Callaway, working […]
Big Spring Baptist Church
A landmark of Montgomery County’s black religious community, the Big Spring Baptist Church was organized with the support of Capt. Charles Schaeffer, founder of the Christiansburg Industrial Institute, a training […]
Prestwould
Sir Peyton Skipwith, the only Virginia-born baronet, moved to his Roanoke River lands in Mecklenburg County following marriage to his second wife, Jean Miller, in 1788. In 1795 he completed […]
Manassas Industrial School for Colored Youth
The Manassas Industrial School For Colored Youth was established in 1893 by Jennie Dean, a former slave who believed in the value of vocational education for African American youth. Through […]
Anne Spencer House
During her long and active life, Anne Spencer (1882-1975) was recognized as a lyric poet of considerable talent. For an African American woman to win recognition from her intellectual peers […]
Diamond Hill Historic District
Immediately south of the downtown, Diamond Hill was once one of Lynchburg’s most prestigious residential neighborhoods. It began its development in the 1820s and enjoyed its greatest prosperity at the […]
Court Street Baptist Church
Court Street Baptist Church, located in the Court House Hill/Downtown Historic District, is the mother church of Lynchburg’s Black Baptists and is the most conspicuous landmark of the city’s African […]