Court House Hill-Downtown Historic District

Court House Hill-Downtown Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Monument Terrace, November 2008
Location:	Church, Clay, Court, Main Streets, roughly bounded by 5th through 13th Streets, Lynchburg, Virginia
NRHP Reference#:	01000853 (original) 02001361[1] (increase)
Significant dates
Added to NRHP:	August 16, 2001
Boundary increase:	November 22, 2002

The Court House Hill—Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located in Lynchburg, Virginia. The area is situated on a promontory overlooking the Lower Basin Historic District on the south bank of the James River. The approximately 50-acre (200,000 m²) district is composed of relatively intact city blocks of religious, commercial, residential, and governmental buildings and structures ranging in date from the early 19" century to the mid-20" century. Buildings in the district represent a variety of styles from the different periods, including the Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Neoclassical, Italian Renaissance, Spanish Eclectic, Craftsman, and Art Deco styles.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001 and expanded in 2002 to also include the area between Madison and Harrison Streets and 5th and 7th Streets.^[1]

Some of the more notable contributing resources to this historic district include:

• Allied Arts Building (also listed separately on the National Register of Historic Places)
• Carter Glass House (also listed separately on the National Register of Historic Places)
• First Baptist Church (also listed separately on the National Register of Historic Places)
• Holy Cross Catholic Church
• Lynchburg Courthouse (also listed separately on the National Register of Historic Places)
• Lynchburg Furniture Company
• Monument Terrace
• St. Paul's Church (also listed separately on the National Register of Historic Places)
• John Marshall Warwick House (also listed separately on the National Register of Historic Places)
• Dicks-Elliott House

Gallery

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  Holy Cross Catholic Church, Lynchburg VA, November 2008

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form". Court House Hill--Downtown Historic District. Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Historic Resources. 2008-11-21. http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/Lynchburg/118-5163_CourtHouseHillHD_2001_NRfinal_.pdf. 

External links

• National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form
• National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form, 2002 Boundary Expansion
• National Register Nomination: Courthouse Hill/ Downtown Historic District, Lynchburg
• Courthouse Hill/ Downtown Historic District Map