{"nrhp_refnum":"08001054","name":"Kemper Street Industrial Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"1300-1500 (odd) Kemper St., 1200-1300 (even) Campbell Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lynchburg","county":"Lynchburg","state":"VA","lat":37.40221269050005,"lon":-79.15569467230745,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-11-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Industry","Commerce","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A roughly seventeen-acre light industrial historic district in Lynchburg, Virginia, split by a railroad line, with five contributing buildings and one contributing rail structure built mainly between 1916 and 1936, with additions through the 1950s.","why_significant":"The district is the core of an early twentieth-century clothing and shoe manufacturing area that grew as Lynchburg's downtown and lower basin industrial districts reached capacity. It shows the development of modern light industrial architecture, including fireproof concrete construction and a speculative loft building. Its land history involved the Lynchburg Industrial Development Corporation, which sold land to start-up businesses.","narrative":"Kemper Street Industrial Historic District covers about seventeen acres of Lynchburg, Virginia, where a Norfolk Southern rail line divides two clusters of light industrial buildings. Most were built between 1916 and 1925 for clothing manufacturing, including the Jobbers Overall Company main plant, a three-story all-concrete building promoted as fireproof, and a brick Georgian Revival dormitory for its employees. Also here are the Jobbers suspender factory, the four-story Loft Building of 1925 designed by Johnson and Brannan, and the Blue Buckle Overall factory of 1936 with Art Deco details. The Loft Building was built speculatively by a local manufacturers' corporation and was meant to be rented to tenants. The district grew as Lynchburg's older industrial areas filled up, and it centered on clothing and shoe production. It was recognized for its role in the city's commercial, industrial and social history and for its examples of modern light industrial architecture. The period of significance runs from 1916 to 1958.","period_of_significance":"1916-1958","architect_builder":"Stanhope S. Johnson, Johnson & Brannan, Pendleton S. Clark, Clark & Crowe","architectural_style":"Georgian Revival, 20th Century Industrial Vernacular, Art Deco","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current uses include industrial storage, specialty retail, and active rail; the Loft Building is vacant and the Blue Buckle factory is listed as work in progress.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.870972-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/75/6817/41681775/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/08001054.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08001054/31288635b1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08001054/31288635b1-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Campbell_Avenue_warehouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Campbell_Avenue_warehouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681775","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemper_Street_Industrial_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48839343"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/lynchburg/kemper-street-industrial-historic-district-08001054/"}