Southeast
Lynchburg
Amherst County, VA
Population
79,166
Walk Score
80 · Very Walkable
Median rent
$972
Median home value
$196,000
Founded
1786
On the National Register
Historic districts
- Mead’s Tavern · listed 2021
- College Hill Neighborhood Development Area
- Kemper Street Industrial Historic District · listed 2008
- Lower Basin Historic District (Boundary Increase II) · listed 2023
- Lynchburg Hill District
- Pierce Street Historic District · listed 2014
- Rivermont Historic District (Additional Documentation) · listed 2003
- Virginia University of Lynchburg · listed 2011
- Court House Hill-Downtown · listed 2001
- Court House Hill-Downtown Historic District (Boundary Increase) · listed 2002
- Daniel's Hill Historic District · listed 1983
- Diamond Hill Historic District · listed 1979
- Diamond Hill Historic District (Boundary Increase) · listed 1983
- Federal Hill Historic District · listed 1980
- Fifth Street Historic District · listed 2012
- Garland Hill Historic District · listed 1972
- Lower Basin Historic District · listed 1987
- Lower Basin Historic District (Boundary Increase) · listed 2002
- Presbyterian Orphans Home · listed 2010
- Rivermont Historic District (Boundary Increase) · listed 2013
- Twelfth Street Industrial Historic District · listed 2018
Notable landmarks
- Norfolk Southern Six Mile Bridge No. 58 · listed 1995
- Eldridge, Bowling, House · listed 1993
- Hope Dawn · listed 1974
- Poplar Forest · listed 1969
- Grove, The · listed 2021
- Walnut Hill · listed 2000
- Building at 524 Church Street
- Carnegie Hall · listed 2020
- Court Street Baptist Church
- Court Street United Methodist Church
- Daniel's Hill
- DeWitt-Wharton Manufacturing Company · listed 2021
- Diamond Hill Baptist Church · listed 2011
- Hunton Branch YMCA · listed 2025
- Kemper Street Station
- Lewis House
- Lynchburg Hosiery Mill No. 1 · listed 2017
- Lynchburg Sta-Kleen Bakery · listed 2024
- Paramount Theater
- Pyramid Motors (Additional Documentation) · listed 2007
- Y.W.C.A. Building
- Academy of Music · listed 1969
- Allied Arts Building · listed 1985
- Armstrong Elementary School · listed 2012
- Aviary · listed 1980
- …and 35 more
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