This Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Station was in use at Stapleton in Amherst County, Virginia, from 1898 until 1937. It is the only remaining C&O “Standard Station” of its size and style.
In 1999-2001 the badly-deteriorated Station was . . . — — Map (db m74036) HM
Near Wise Street, 0.1 miles north of 4th Street, on the right when traveling south.
Originally located on a street corner in downtown Lynchburg and later moved to Riverside Park, the trough was piped to receive constant gravity-fed water which filled and overflowed at one end. When the Pest House occupied this site, a watering . . . — — Map (db m179833) HM
Near Wise Street at 4th Street when traveling north.
These two large hand carved stones fit together to form a well cap which was the traditional well cover in use in the 1800s in Lynchburg. This one was brought here from the site of a house (now demolished) at 1714 Elm Street, high on a bluff . . . — — Map (db m156594) HM
Near Taylor Street north of 4th Street, on the left when traveling north.
Symbolism is very evident in many aspects of 19th century mourning. The carving on most of the older gravestones throughout this 200-year-old graveyard includes typical symbols of death: a drooping rose, weeping willow trees, a shroud-draped . . . — — Map (db m179664) HM
On Taylor Street at 4th Street, on the right when traveling north on Taylor Street.
For over 180 years the search for the treasure left by Thomas Jefferson Beale has fascinated treasure hunters far and wide. It has never been found and the three part code has not been deciphered. For a period of time in the mid 1900's the . . . — — Map (db m179652) HM
These roses have reached their final resting place! Originally, they were in the rose collection of nationally recognized rosarian Carl Porter Cato (1913-1996) of Lynchburg.
Through many years, he had salvaged cuttings or entire plants from . . . — — Map (db m74092) HM
Near Taylor Street at 4th Street when traveling north.
This memorial arch marking the entrance to the Confederate Section was built in 1925 by the Southern Memorial Association. Lynchburg architect S. Preston Craighill designed the arch and specified "...good, clean rubble stone, with concrete center . . . — — Map (db m156586) HM WM
In this area are buried over 2200 Confederate soldiers from fourteen states, most of whom died in Lynchburg’s numerous military hospitals during the Civil War. From the first burial on May 19, 1861, until the last on September 19, 1868, undertaker . . . — — Map (db m155506) HM
Near Taylor Street, 0.1 miles north of 4th Street, on the left when traveling south.
In the dell toward the east is the Ronald V. Dolan Memorial Dovecote. A dovecote, or pigeon house, was a common and functional part of life in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Until the mid-1900's a dovecote stood not far from the Chapel, on . . . — — Map (db m179827) HM
Near Taylor Street, 0.1 miles north of 4th Street, on the right when traveling south.
These apple trees are antique varieties which are significant in the history of the State of Virginia as well as in apple propagation and development. They continue to be valued today for their hardiness, longevity and delicious fruit.
Duval . . . — — Map (db m179826) HM
Near Taylor Street north of 4th Street, on the right when traveling north.
In this area are buried seven early Mayors of the City of Lynchburg:
Samuel Jordan Harrison (1768-1846), Mayor 1808, 1814, 1817
John Schoolfield (1766-1831), Mayor 1811
William Morgan (1769-1842), Mayor . . . — — Map (db m179671) HM
Near 4th Street at Taylor Street, on the right when traveling west.
In October, 1995, Hillside Garden Club won the prestigious Common Wealth Award from the Garden Club of Virginia for a proposed Information Gatehouse and expanded entry for the Old City Cemetery. The old brick gates, which had been designed by J. . . . — — Map (db m156587) HM
This historic brick wall is all that remains of the Cemetery's original enclosure, which was built in sections beginning in 1827, and extended almost one mile in length.
Most of the wall was demolished by the City of Lynchburg as it . . . — — Map (db m74058) HM
Near Taylor Street at 4th Street. Reported permanently removed.
Horses and mules were essential to the operation of the Civil War, and bass numbers of animals were needed. Lynchburg, one of the four quartermaster depots for the Confederacy, was supplying General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. In . . . — — Map (db m74062) HM
Near Wise Street, 0.1 miles north of 4th Street, on the right when traveling south.
Horses and mules were essential to the operation of the Civil War, and vast numbers of animals were needed. Lynchburg, one of the four quartermaster depots for the Confederacy, was supplying General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. In . . . — — Map (db m179832) HM
Near Taylor Street, 0.2 miles north of 4th Street, on the left when traveling north.
Shortly after this Veterans' Bench was completed, the following letter was received by Mrs. John H. Lewis, president of the Southern Memorial Association.
Lynchburg, Va., Dec. 22, 1931.
Mrs. John H. Lewis,
Lynchburg, . . . — — Map (db m179776) HM WM
On Taylor Street, 0.2 miles north of 4th Street, on the right when traveling south.
Nearby are ten fieldstones marking the graves of members of the allied Whitlow and Bradley families, buried in their family graveyard between 1850 and 1925, and re-interred here in the Old City Cemetery in 1998.
The old family burying ground . . . — — Map (db m179825) HM
Near Taylor Street, 0.1 miles north of 4th Street, on the left when traveling north.
Uncle Sawney (died 1839) was the legendary ferryman of Lynch's Ferry, which crossed the James River near the present Ninth Street Hill.
Judging by Senator John Warwick Daniel's remarks in his Lynchburg Centennial Address in 1886, Uncle . . . — — Map (db m179758) HM
Near Taylor Street, 0.1 miles north of 4th Street, on the left when traveling north.
There are many thousands more people buried in this cemetery than there are existing tombstones. Records are not reliable and the location of graves is often speculative. Family records are pieced together from oral history and newspaper . . . — — Map (db m179756) HM
Near Taylor Street, 0.3 miles north of 4th Street, on the left when traveling north.
Veterans of
World War I
Buried in the Old City Cemetery
William Harrison Brooks, 1897-1918, Co. L, 330 Regiment Infantry, 82 Division; killed in action on the Meuse River, France •
Henry Brown, 1894-1949, Private, 510 Engineer . . . — — Map (db m179786) HM WM
Near Taylor Street north of 4th Street when traveling north.
Virginia M. Cabell Randolph (circa 1872-1962) was an early Negro educator in Lynchburg Public Schools, teaching for 30 years at Jackson Street Elementary School. After her retirement, she founded the Women's Community Club in 1933, which . . . — — Map (db m179679) HM
Near Taylor Street, 0.1 miles north of 4th Street, on the right when traveling north.
Among the many prominent early graduates of this institution are three ministers, all from classes circa 1904, who are buried nearby within a few hundred feet of each other. Their pastorates, however, were in Baptist churches across the United . . . — — Map (db m156591) HM
Near Taylor Street at 4th Street, on the left when traveling north.
War of 1812 veterans buried in this historic cemetery
Private Parham Adams •
Private James Bailey •
Private Willis Butler •
Private Henry A Christain •
Private Henry Clark •
Matross Charles Cobbs •
Private John Conner • . . . — — Map (db m179656) HM WM
During the First World War, many people across the country knew Lynchhurg as “Lunchburg.” The City earned this nickname because of its famous Red Cross Canteen Service to soldiers traveling by train through Lynchburg. From 1917 to I919, . . . — — Map (db m74069) HM
Near Taylor Street at 4th Street, on the left when traveling north.
Billy Rhodes was a well-known tailor and clothing "renovator" in Lynchburg, who died in 1886 and was buried here among the indigent poor (in the city's Potter's Field).
Rhodes was beloved by all, and was remembered for his colorful and . . . — — Map (db m179662) HM
Near Taylor Street at 4th Street when traveling north.
”The whole course of our ordinary life was changed. All our usual avocations were at an end, and a new life began for women.” —Susan Leigh Blackford (1835-1916) Lynchburg nurse during Civil War The Civil War, . . . — — Map (db m156600) HM
On Campbell Avenue (U.S. 501) at Richmond Highway (U.S. 460), on the right when traveling north on Campbell Avenue.
The earthwork on the hilltop, two hundred yards to the east, was thrown up as a part of the system of defenses for Lynchburg, 1861-65. The city was an important supply base and railroad center. — — Map (db m54444) HM
On Concord Turnpike at Spinoza Circle, on the right when traveling north on Concord Turnpike.
The Megginson School was built here ca. 1923 for the African American students in the Pleasant Valley community, then part of Campbell County. Albert Megginson (1831-1923), formerly enslaved, purchased land in this area after the Civil War and later . . . — — Map (db m179861) HM
On Memorial Avenue (Virginia Route 163) near Park Lane, on the right when traveling north.
This was the site of a Confederate training camp and Union prisoner-of-war camp during the Civil War. Before Virginia seceded from the Union in April 1861, the population of Lynchburg doubled
with the influx of soldiers from
other parts of the . . . — — Map (db m155526) HM
On Memorial Avenue (Virginia Route 163) north of Lakeside Drive, on the right when traveling south.
Lucille Kent, born near here, was among the first
Virginia women to earn an instructor’s rating
in aeronautics. In 1939 she began teaching
meteorology, navigation, and civil air regulations
at E. C. Glass High School. During World War II,
she . . . — — Map (db m104433) HM
On Memorial Avenue (Virginia Route 163) at 2315 Memorial Ave, on the right when traveling south on Memorial Avenue.
Trees planted 1920
In honor of World War dead
of Lynchburg, Virginia
Lonnie Joseph Bacon •
Howard Thornton Barger •
Charles Minor Blackford •
William Harrison Brooks •
Joseph Benjamin Brown •
J. Beverly Burks •
Robert Lewis . . . — — Map (db m229271) WM
Near Grace Street at Maple Street, on the right when traveling east.
More than 278 Civil War veterans are buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery. Three fought for the Union, and the rest served the Confederacy. Most are identified, but 43 are unknown. Some died in one of the 32 hospitals located in Lynchburg during the . . . — — Map (db m168948) HM
On Rivermont Avenue at Langhorne Road, on the right when traveling west on Rivermont Avenue.
On the crest of the hill just to the south was a redoubt forming part of the defenses thrown up by General D. H. Hill, June, 1864. These works were held by General Imboden's cavalry. A military road was constructed to connect this point with Fort . . . — — Map (db m54445) HM
On Rivermont Avenue at Rowland Drive, on the right when traveling east on Rivermont Avenue.
Helen McGehee was an internationally acclaimed dancer, choreographer, and teacher. From the 1940s until 1970, she was a leading performer in the Martha Graham Dance Company, which revolutionized American modern dance. Having studied Greek and Latin . . . — — Map (db m179615) HM
On Rivermont Avenue east of Arlington Street, on the right when traveling east.
Internationally known author and humanitarian Pearl Sydenstricker Buck (1892-1973) graduated in 1914 from Randolph-Macon Women’s College, where she wrote for the college’s literary magazine. She was the author of more than 70 books, many of which . . . — — Map (db m54463) HM
On Rivermont Avenue near Westmoreland Street, on the right when traveling west.
Founded by Dr. William Waugh Smith in 1891 and opened in 1893 as a member of the Randolph-Macon System of Educational Institutions, this liberal arts college has been recognized from its opening year for its high standards of scholarship. The scenic . . . — — Map (db m54462) HM
On Rivermont Avenue at Quinlan Street, on the right when traveling west on Rivermont Avenue.
In 1951, the National Gallery of Art established a secret emergency repository (Code named Project Y) for its distinguished collection of art on the campus of Randolph-Macon Woman's College. The specially designed reinforced concrete building, . . . — — Map (db m54464) HM
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