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Lynchburg History
Main and Fifth Streets
Fifth Street was known as Fer...
Lynchburg History
Court Street and Monument Terrace
This area became k...
Lynchburg History
Commerce Street and Horseford Road
Horseford Road is...
Lynchburg History
Church and Ninth Streets
Monument Terrace, completed...
Lynchburg History
Court Street and Monument Terrace
This area became k...
Results for Lynchburg History
Lynchburg History
Main and Fifth Streets
Fifth Street was known as Ferry Road early in the 1800s. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Douglas Southall Freeman was born nearby in 1886. By the mid-20th century, thirty African American-owned businesses lined Fifth Street, the center of black ...
Lynchburg History
Court Street and Monument Terrace
This area became known as Court House Hill when the first courthouse was built here in 1813. The district contains a variety of architectural styles and notable churches, as well as the city’s 1855 Old Court ...
Lynchburg History
Commerce Street and Horseford Road
Horseford Road is named for the nearby ford that Virginia Indians and early settlers used to cross the James River. During the 19th century, this area was home to tobacco factories, flour mills, and iron foundries. ...
Lynchburg History
Church and Ninth Streets
Monument Terrace, completed in 1925, links Church Street with Court Street via 132 steps and 10 landings. The bronze statue, The Listening Post, created by Charles Keck, commemorates Lynchburg’s World War I dead. Several other memorials have ...
Lynchburg History
Court Street and Monument Terrace
This area became known as Court House Hill when the first courthouse was built here in 1813. The district contains a variety of architectural styles and notable churches, as well as the city’s 1855 Old Court ...
