Lynch's Brickyard House

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Lynch's Brickyard House

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Lynch's Brickyard House in 2008
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Location 700 Jackson St., Lynchburg, Virginia
Coordinates 37°24′45″N79°9′0″W / 37.41250°N 79.15000°W / 37.41250; -79.15000 Coordinates: 37°24′45″N79°9′0″W / 37.41250°N 79.15000°W / 37.41250; -79.15000
Area less than one acre
Built 1849 (1849)
NRHP reference # 02000180 [1]
VLR # 118-0226-0178
Significant dates
Added to NRHP March 13, 2002
Designated VLR March 13, 2002 [2]

Lynch's Brickyard House is a historic home located at Lynchburg, Virginia. It consists of a dwelling built about 1849 and two garages built about 1922, all of which are constructed directly on the lot line along Jackson Street. The dwelling is a one-story, three-bay frame structure with a stone pier foundation, weatherboard siding, and metal gable roof with exterior-end chimneys. The house is a rare surviving example of the modest, vernacular-style dwellings built in Lynchburg in the mid 19th century by artisans, tradesmen and other middle-class settlers. [3]

Lynchburg, Virginia Independent city in Virginia, United States

Lynchburg is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 75,568. The 2017 census estimates an increase to 81,000. Located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains along the banks of the James River, Lynchburg is known as the "City of Seven Hills" or the "Hill City". In the 1860s, Lynchburg was the only major city in Virginia that was not recaptured by the Union before the end of the American Civil War.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. Alison Blanton (June 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Lynch's Brickyard House" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo