On Main Street at South Amherst Highway (Virginia Route 163), on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
Born at 416 Main Street, Allen W. Freeman, brother of editor and historian Douglas Southall Freeman, was a pioneer in public health administration and education. He was educated at the University of Richmond and the Johns Hopkins University School . . . — — Map (db m54457) HM
On Church Street south of 8th Street, on the right when traveling south.
Born January 4, 1858, in a house which stood on this site. Newspaper publisher; member of the State Senate and delegate to the State Constitutional Convention of 1901–1902; member of the United States House of Representatives, 1902-1918, and . . . — — Map (db m46506) HM
On Ninth Street at Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling south on Ninth Street.
Established in 1786, Lynchburg was a thriving commercial center famous for its tobacco and manufacturing industries when Fort Sumter, South Carolina was bombarded in April 1861 and the Civil War began. Lynchburg’s Fair Grounds and Camp Davis . . . — — Map (db m155503) HM
On Main Street at South Amherst Highway (Virginia Route 163), on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
Born at 416 Main Street on 16 May 1886, the son of a Confederate veteran, Douglas Southall Freeman moved with his family to Richmond three years later. He graduated from the University of Richmond in 1904 and earned a doctorate from Johns Hopkins . . . — — Map (db m54455) HM
The deadliest fire in Lynchburg history occurred here at a Federal Transient Bureau shelter on 24 March 1934. The Bureau, opened by the Federal Emergency Relief Administration as part of the New Deal, housed out-of-work men passing through town . . . — — Map (db m136321) HM
On Court Street at 8th Street, on the left when traveling south on Court Street.
This Federal-style mansion was built by John Marshall Warwick in 1826. It was the birthplace of John Warwick Daniel, grandson of the builder, whose father was Judge William Daniel, resident of nearby Point of Honor. John W. Daniel was known as the . . . — — Map (db m86231) HM
Near Church Street at 9th Street, on the right when traveling south.
The Blue Ridge Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution erects this tablet to the memory of John Lynch The Founder of Lynchburg. Incorporated 1786 — — Map (db m156585) HM
On Commerce Street at Horseford Road and Main Street, on the left when traveling south on Commerce Street.
’Cile Turner, a Southside Virginia native who
resided near Lynchburg, championed African
American folk music during her 50-year career
as a composer, folklorist, and performer. A
white, affluent, married woman, she transcended
social norms as . . . — — Map (db m104419) HM
On Jefferson Street at Horseford Road, on the left when traveling north on Jefferson Street.
Singer-guitarist Luke Jordan (1892-1952) was a familiar presence on the streets of Lynchburg from the 1920s until World War II. Jordan and other African American musicians in the Southeast merged blues with an existing repertoire of ballads, . . . — — Map (db m54458) HM
On Church Street at 9th Street, on the right when traveling south on Church Street.
In 1757 John Lynch opened a ferry here; in 1765 a church was built. In 1786 Lynchburg was established by act of Assembly; in 1791 the first tobacco warehouse was built. Lynchburg was incorporated as a town in 1805. In 1840 the James River and . . . — — Map (db m46461) HM
On Court Street at Ninth Street, on the right when traveling west on Court Street.
(front)
1861—1865
Our Confederate Soldiers
(rear)
Erected by the
Daughters of the Confederacy
of
Lynchburg, Virginia
in 1899,
to commemorate the heroism
of our Confederate Soldiers
(side)
Kirk Wood . . . — — Map (db m54488) HM
On Ninth Street at Main Street, on the right when traveling north on Ninth Street.
The James River originates in the mountains to the west and flows through Lynchburg and Richmond before reaching the Chesapeake Bay. In 1757, the Lynch family built a ferry across the James River ahead of you at the foot of this hill; today, the . . . — — Map (db m54490) HM
On Ninth Street at Church Street, on the left when traveling south on Ninth Street.
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 . . . — — Map (db m54492) HM
On Commerce Street at Horseford Road, on the left when traveling south on Commerce Street.
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. The large red brick building to . . . — — Map (db m54493) HM
On Court Street at Ninth Street, on the right when traveling west on Court Street.
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 House, now the Lynchburg Museum. There . . . — — Map (db m54494) HM
On Main Street near Fifth Street (Virginia Route 153), on the right when traveling west.
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 life . . . — — Map (db m54495) HM
In front of you is the Percival’s Island Natural Area, a mile-and-a-half-long refuge that is bisected by the RiverWalk Section of the James River Heritage Trail. The 56-acre island reflects centuries of natural and human expansion, development, and . . . — — Map (db m74030) HM
On Main Street north of 7th Street, on the right when traveling north.
As Lynchburg grew, Main Street became the commercial center, with bookstores, dry goods stores, furniture shops, clothing stores, cigar stores, barbershops, banks, and hotels. During the Civil War, Lucy Otey founded the Ladies Relief Hospital, which . . . — — Map (db m74031) HM
On Monument Terrace just north of Court Street, on the right when traveling north.
Desmond T. Doss was born in Lynchburg in 1919 and grew up in the Fairview Heights neighborhood. A Seventh Day Adventist and a pacifist, Doss was working at the Newport News Shipyard when WWII began. He was eligible for a deferment as a defense . . . — — Map (db m179601) HM
On Monument Terrace (9th Street) at Church Street, on the left when traveling west on Monument Terrace (9th Street).
Lawrence Lloyd Elder (1896-1964) was a valued employee
of the City of Lynchburg for over 34 years. His special
domain was gardening and his responsibility the greenhouses
in Miller Park where the city’s flowers were raised for use in
the parks. . . . — — Map (db m46507) HM
On Main Street just east of 8th Street, on the right when traveling west.
The NS Savannah was the world's first nuclear-powered merchant ship. Authorized in 1956 during Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower's Atoms for Peace initiative, its purpose was to demonstrate to the world the safe and peaceful use of atomic power. The . . . — — Map (db m179542) HM
On 9th Street at Main Street, on the right when traveling west on 9th Street.
In October, 1786, the General Assembly approved that 45 acres of land belonging to John Lynch be laid off in half-acre lots to establish a town by the name of Lynchburg. The original trustees Charles Brooks, Jesse Burton, John Callaway, John Clarke, . . . — — Map (db m46483) HM
On Main Street at 5th Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
The Academy of Music was a regional center of entertainment early in the 20th century. Its neo-classical facade and elaborate interior date from the rebuilding following a fire in 1911. The theater featured local talent, vaudeville acts, and . . . — — Map (db m165406) HM
On Main Street just east of 6th Street, on the right when traveling west.
This tablet marks the site of
The Ladies Relief Hospital
Founded 1862 by Capt. (Mrs.) Lucy Mina Otey.
Through its kindly ministrations, many wounded and sick soldiers of the Confederacy were tenderly nursed back to health and strength, . . . — — Map (db m179538) HM
On Monument Terrace just north of Court Street, on the right when traveling south.
"Lord God of hosts,
Be with us yet.
Lest we forget—
Lest we forget."
—Rudyard Kipling
Those who died
John D. Bass •
Russell K. Blatz •
Donald E. Clark, Jr. •
Richard W. Crickenberger •
John W. Davidson • . . . — — Map (db m179571) WM
On Monument Terrace just south of Church Street, on the right when traveling south.
"This war has been an array of the forces of evil against those of righteousness…
No matter what the cost, the war had to be won." — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Those who died
John W. Acree •
Clifton Earl . . . — — Map (db m179599) WM
