{"nrhp_refnum":"02000620","name":"Lower Basin Historic District (Boundary Increase)","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"1307 Main St., 103-109 Sixth St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lynchburg (Independent City)","county":"Lynchburg","state":"VA","lat":37.417830656000035,"lon":-79.14374105699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-06-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Industry"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A boundary increase to the Lower Basin Historic District in Lynchburg, Virginia, adding two buildings: the 1949 Piggly Wiggly Super Market at 1307 Main Street and the Price & Clements Inc. Building at 103-109 Sixth Street, built 1896-1901.","why_significant":"The Piggly Wiggly, designed by Stanhope Johnson, was Lynchburg's first self-service supermarket and reached 50 years of age after the 1987 district listing. The Price & Clements building matches the district's commercial and warehouse character and its tobacco-related industrial history, and its original appearance was uncovered when faux-stucco sheathing was removed.","narrative":"Two buildings were added to Lynchburg's Lower Basin Historic District: a 1949 supermarket at 1307 Main Street and an 1896-1901 factory at 103-109 Sixth Street. The five-story Piggly Wiggly, designed by Stanhope Johnson and built by W.T. Jones Construction Company for $200,000, was developed by J.J. Anderson as the city's first self-service supermarket. It offered pre-packaged goods, cold-food cases in place of a butcher's counter, angled shelving, an in-house bakery and a snack bar. It was left out of the 1987 listing because it was then under 50 years old. The Price & Clements building, a brick Italianate-style factory on a ca. 1840 stone foundation, was built for the United Cigarette Machine Company and later housed a carriage business, a sign works, a bottling company and a machine shop. Faux-stucco that hid its character has been removed, and the Academy of Music Foundation plans to restore it. Both buildings now count as contributing to the district's commercial and warehouse character.","period_of_significance":"1800-1950 (district)","architect_builder":"Stanhope Johnson (architect); W.T. Jones Construction Company (builder of the Piggly Wiggly)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival/Commercial Vernacular","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Both buildings are listed as vacant/not in use. The Price & Clements building is owned by the Academy of Music Foundation and is to be restored as part of a performing arts complex.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:59.697966-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/5/6818/41681805/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/02000620.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681805","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/lynchburg/lower-basin-historic-district-boundary-increase-02000620/"}