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The Rivermont Historic District is a national historic district located in Lynchburg, Virginia.It is a 192.10-acre (0.7774 km 2) district consisting of the 300-3400 blocks of Rivermont Avenue as well as Riverside Park and a few properties alongside streets that face onto Rivermont Avenue.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the independent city of Lynchburg, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Virginia that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, other historic registers, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design. [1] [2] [3]
English: The maps use data from nationalatlas.gov, specifically countyp020.tar.gz on the Raw Data Download page. The maps also use state outline data from statesp020.tar.gz . The Florida maps use hydrogm020.tar.gz to display Lake Okeechobee.
After the Civil War, tobacco manufacturing continued along the Fifth Street corridor. An 1877 map of Lynchburg shows S.P. Halsey's Prizery at the south corner of Fifth and Clay Streets. The Myers factory was located between Harrison and Federal near Fourth Street, and an unnamed factory was at the north corner of Fifth and Federal.
The Diamond Hill Historic District is a national historic district located in Lynchburg, Virginia. The district is irregularly shaped and approximately 14 blocks in area. It is wedged between the Lynchburg Expressway to the south and the city's central commercial core to the north. Most houses on Diamond Hill were erected during the late 19th ...
After a few tenants, the President of the Lynchburg and Tennessee Railroad, Robert L. Owen Sr. acquired Point of Honor, where he lived with his family, including his wife Narcissa Owen and son, the future U.S. Senator Robert L. Owen Jr., before selling the property in 1872 and moving to Norfolk, Virginia where he died unexpectedly young.
Fountain in the gardens at the Anne Spencer House museum in Lynchburg, Virginia. The house was modified periodically as the family grew and their social lives expanded. Edward creatively recycled used materials, incorporating windows, doors, handrails, or other cast-off materials into useful components for his home.