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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Diamond Hill
Diamond Hill and Vicinity
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| On Pierce Street south of 13th Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Near this spot stood a small frame house known
as Dorchester Home or Old Folks Home for
impoverished former slave women.
Established
in 1897 by Hampton Institute graduate and
Lynchburg public school principal Amelia Perry
Pride (1857-1932), it . . . — — Map (db m89914) HM |
| On Pierce Street at 13th Street, on the right when traveling north on Pierce Street. |
| | Clarence William “Dick” Seay, who lived here, was principal of Dunbar High School, Lynchburg’s secondary school for African Americans. A pioneer in the struggle for equal opportunities for blacks, for 30 years Seay shaped Dunbar High . . . — — Map (db m74016) HM |
| On Pierce Street just south of 12th Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Camp Davis, a Civil War mustering ground for
Confederate troops from Virginia
under the
command of Col. Jubal
A. Early, once occupied
this area. At least 130 Southern soldiers died
at the camp's own Pratt Hospital and were
buried in . . . — — Map (db m89912) HM |
| On Pierce Street north of 14th Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Chauncey E. Spencer, Sr., aviation pioneer and Civil Rights activist was born in Lynchburg on 5 Nov. 1906, the son of poet Anne Spencer. He moved to Chicago and by 1934 began pursuing his pilot's license. As a charter member of the National Airmen's . . . — — Map (db m74010) HM |
| On Grace Street at 14th Street, on the right when traveling south on Grace Street. |
| | Diamond Hill Baptist Church was established in 1872, seven years after slavery was abolished. The current church, a Gothic Revival–style building, was completed in 1886. Under the pastorate and leadership of the Rev. Dr. Virgil A. Wood from . . . — — Map (db m74006) HM |
| On Pierce Street north of 15th Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The desegregation of tennis was due in large part to the efforts of Dr. R. Walter “Whirlwind” Johnson. The first African American to earn staff privileges at Lynchburg General Hospital, he also worked to overcome barriers keeping young . . . — — Map (db m74015) HM |
| On Pierce Street at 15th Street, on the right when traveling north on Pierce Street. |
| | Dr. Robert Walter Johnson
House and Tennis Court
is registered as a
Virginia Historic Landmark
by the
Virginia Historic Resources Board
and placed on the
National Register of Historic Places
by the
U.S. Department of the . . . — — Map (db m74033) HM |
| On Polk Street at 12th Street, on the left when traveling south on Polk Street. |
| | “We love Old Dunbar best of all, the ideals for which she stands: We are her sons and daughters true and we try to bring her fame . . . ” —Alma Mater
The successful school and its community are inseparable. The school . . . — — Map (db m104426) HM |
| On 12th Street at Dunbar Drive, on the right when traveling south on 12th Street. |
| | These tobacco factories, built in 1845, were typical of the nineteen in Lynchburg converted into hospitals during the Civil War. Surgeon J.K. Page supervised Knight’s and Miller’s as divisions of General Hospital No. 2. The Thirty-two hospitals . . . — — Map (db m41500) HM |
| On Buchanan Street just north of 14th Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Here lived Pauline Maloney, known as Lynchburg’s
“first lady of education.” A graduate of Howard University,
she worked in Lynchburg
public schools from 1937 to 1970, most notably
as a guidance counselor and administrator at
the . . . — — Map (db m89902) HM |
| On Pierce Street at 15th Street, on the right when traveling north on Pierce Street. |
| | Frank Trigg was a leading black educator in Virginia. He was born into slavery in Richmond while his parents were personal servants of Virginia Governor John B. Floyd. After the Civil War he attended Hampton Institute, and began teaching in Abingdon . . . — — Map (db m74014) HM |
| On Pierce Street at 15th Street, on the right when traveling north on Pierce Street. |
| | During the 1940's through early 1960's Dr. R. Walter Johnson trained aspiring, black, tennis hopefuls on this site. Among these were Althea Gibson & Arthur Ashe. — — Map (db m74035) HM |
| On Pierce Street south of 13th Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | This was the home of Edward Alexander and Anne Bannister Spencer from 1903 until her death on July 25, 1975. Born on February 6, 1882, in Henry County, Va. Anne Spencer was to receive national and international recognition as a poet. Published . . . — — Map (db m74009) HM |
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