{"nrhp_refnum":"01001517","name":"Fort Early and Jubal Early Monument","other_names":[],"category":"site","location":{"address":"3511 Memorial Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lynchburg (Independent City)","county":"Lynchburg","state":"VA","lat":37.389971040000034,"lon":-79.17316320699996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-01-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Civil War earthen fort of 1.29 acres in Lynchburg, Virginia, built by Confederate forces under Gen. Jubal A. Early in June 1864, with a 1922 brick clubhouse inside the walls and a 1919 granite obelisk honoring Early across the street.","why_significant":"Fort Early is the only surviving section of Lynchburg's Civil War outer defenses and is tied to the Battle of Lynchburg on June 17-18, 1864, when Early's troops repulsed Union General David Hunter's advance. It is nominated under Criterion A for that association and for the defense of the city. Later commemorative additions, including the monument and clubhouse museum, helped preserve it.","narrative":"Fort Early is a roughly square earthen fort in Lynchburg, Virginia, raised in June 1864 by Confederate troops under General Jubal A. Early. It was part of the outer defenses of a city that served as a major rail and supply center. When Union General David Hunter approached along the Lynchburg-Salem Turnpike, Early's forces held the line during the Battle of Lynchburg on June 17-18, and Hunter withdrew. The fort is the only part of those defenses that survives. Its earthen walls rise 12 to 15 feet on the outside and enclose a sally port and a brick-paved entrance drive. After the war the land was used for a small school, then passed to the United Daughters of the Confederacy and later the city. A brick clubhouse was built inside the walls in 1922 and now houses a museum of the battle. A 17-foot granite obelisk honoring Early, erected in 1919, stands across the street.","period_of_significance":"1864--1950","architect_builder":"Clubhouse designed by Craighill and Cardwell according to one source; the form says it is unclear which firm completed the design","architectural_style":"Earthen fort (no style); clubhouse and monument in Classical Revival (Neo-classical Revival)","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Described as well preserved. The clubhouse serves as a museum of the Battle of Lynchburg, open to the public by appointment, and the city and a women's club maintain the grounds.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.910139-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/29/6818/41681829/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/01001517.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01001517/f5179e4c1e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01001517/f5179e4c1e-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fort_Early_Clubhouse_Nov_08.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog (talk)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fort_Early_Clubhouse_Nov_08.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681829","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Early_and_Jubal_Early_Monument","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5471111"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/lynchburg/fort-early-and-jubal-early-monument-01001517/"}