Lower Basin Historic District 2023 Boundary Increase
The Lower Basin Historic District 2023 Boundary Increase in Lynchburg is located on a low terrace that extends between the south bank of the James River and a parallel ridge […]
Dewitt-Wharton Manufacturing Company Building
Constructed in 1906, the DeWitt-Wharton Manufacturing Company Building is emblematic of the rise during the early 20th century of a thriving textile industry in the City of Lynchburg, after the […]
Carnegie Hall
Established in 1903 as Virginia Christian College, the second-oldest co-educational institution in Virginia (Bridgewater College is the oldest), the University of Lynchburg (previously also known as Lynchburg College) completed construction […]
Hayes Hall
Hayes Hall was formerly the main building of Virginia College and Virginia Seminary, founded in 1886 as an institution espousing the self-help educational principles for African Americans advocated by Booker […]
Hopwood Hall
Lynchburg College’s Hopwood Hall, constructed in 1909, was the first purposely built academic hall at the college, one of the oldest in Virginia founded as a co-educational institution. The building […]
Twelfth Street Industrial Historic District
With the completion of the Lynchburg and Salem Turnpike in 1836, the 12th Street corridor became a gateway from western regions to the city’s commercial heart. In the mid-1800s, 12th […]
Lynchburg Hosiery Mill #1
The Lynchburg Hosiery Mill #1 began operations in 1900 and for the next seven decades played a prominent role in the city’s economy and culture, becoming a well-known city landmark. […]
Court House Hill/Downtown Historic District 2016 Boundary Expansion
In Lynchburg, the previously listed (2001) and expanded (2002) Court House Hill/Downtown Historic District (118-5163), which dates to the town’s founding in 1786, was expanded again to incorporate 20 additional […]
Doyle Florist Inc. / H. R. Schenkel Inc. Greenhouse Range
The Doyle Florist Inc. / H. R. Schenkel Inc. Greenhouse Range in Lynchburg represents 80 years of activity in the cut-flower industry in the U.S. That industry originated in the […]
Pierce Street Historic District
The Pierce Street Historic District, a historically black residential neighborhood south of Lynchburg’s central business district, covers about five acres. Following use as a military camp and hospital during the […]
