National Register of Historic Places

Lower Basin Historic District

Lynchburg (Independent City), Lynchburg County, Virginia
Listed
April 23, 1987
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
87000601

About this property

The Lower Basin Historic District is a national historic district located in Lynchburg, Virginia. The district defines a commercial and industrial warehouse area located between the downtown commercial area to the south and the James River waterfront to the north. The district contains a variety of mostly late 19th- and early 20th-century, multi-story, brick warehouses and factories, two-to-three-story brick commercial buildings, and a number of structures associated with the James River and Kanawha Canal and the Norfolk and Western and Chesapeake and Ohio Railways. The district is named for a wide basin of the canal that once extended between Ninth Street and Horseford Road, and contains 60 contributing buildings, two contributing structures (a viaduct and a stone bridge), and one contributing object-a monument commemorating the site of 18th-century Lynch's Ferry. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987, with boundary increases in 2002 and 2023, and two additional resources added in 2008.

Location

700--1300 blks. of Jefferson St., 600--1300 blks. of Commerce St., and 1200--1300 Blks. of Main St.
Lynchburg (Independent City), Lynchburg County, Virginia
37.41557, -79.13887

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Sources

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Nearby Historic Sites

Wood, J. W., Building
Industrial
0.1 mi
Warwick, John Marshall, House
Industrial
0.3 mi
Allied Arts Building
Industrial
0.3 mi
Saint Paul's Vestry House
Industrial
0.3 mi
Lower Basin Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Listed
0.3 mi

Nearby Battles

Lynchburg — Hunter's Failed Assault (June 17-18, 1864)
1864Civil War
0.2 mi
Battle of Lynchburg
1864Civil War
0.2 mi
Lynchburg — Defense Against Hunter (June 17–18 1864)
1864Civil War
0.4 mi
Lynchburg – Diamond Hill Skirmish
1864Civil War
0.9 mi

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When was Lower Basin Historic District listed on the National Register?

Lower Basin Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 23, 1987.

What type of historic resource is Lower Basin Historic District?

Lower Basin Historic District is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Lower Basin Historic District?

The period of significance for Lower Basin Historic District is recorded as the listed era.

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