{"nrhp_refnum":"16000261","name":"Court House Hill-Downtown Historic District (Boundary Increase II)","other_names":["Vdhr# 118-5495"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"300 & 400 blks. 12th, 1200 blk. Church, 1000 blk. Main, 1001 Commerce & 1300 Court Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lynchburg (Independent City)","county":"Lynchburg","state":"VA","lat":37.41391950000005,"lon":-79.14087648300668,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2016-05-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["not_indicated"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district addition in downtown Lynchburg, Virginia, covering properties along Madison and Harrison Streets between 5th and 7th Streets, plus 6th and 7th Streets between them. It has 44 contributing resources: 38 dwellings and six outbuildings, mostly built in the late nineteenth century.","why_significant":"The area is nominated under Criterion C for architecture. It shows the shift from dwellings on large lots to denser urban housing, with Queen Anne, Second Empire, Federal and American Foursquare buildings. It includes three pre-1860 houses and the Glass Double House, attributed to architect Aubrey Chesterman for Carter Glass.","narrative":"This addition to Lynchburg's downtown historic district takes in 44 resources along Madison and Harrison Streets between 5th and 7th Streets. Thirty-eight are dwellings and six are outbuildings such as garages and sheds. Most date from the late nineteenth century and mark the change from large-lot houses to denser urban housing on small lots set close to the street. Queen Anne frame houses predominate, with porches, sawn brackets, bargeboards and patterned slate roofs. The area also holds a Second Empire house with a slate mansard roof, American Foursquare dwellings, and a brick triple house and double houses. Three buildings predate 1860: a brick house of 1790-1815, an 1810 house with a rubble first floor, and an 1850 central-passage house. The Glass Double House of 1908 is attributed to architect Aubrey Chesterman and was built for Carter Glass. Brick and stone sidewalks and stone retaining walls add to the character. The area was listed for its architecture.","period_of_significance":"1786-1952","architect_builder":"Aubrey Chesterman (attributed, Glass Double House, 600-602 Madison Street)","architectural_style":"Early Republic: Federal; Late Victorian: Second Empire, Queen Anne; Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Colonial Revival (also American Foursquare)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"All 44 resources are contributing. Historic and current uses are single and multiple dwellings; the current-use entries also list 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 02:52:02.882675-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/45/6817/41681745/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/02001361.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/16000261/5b48beb52b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/16000261/5b48beb52b-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog (talk)","credit_html":"Pubdog (talk), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monument_Terrace_Lynchburg_Nov_08.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"87000601","name":"Lower Basin Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/lower-basin-historic-district-87000601/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":null,"wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_House_Hill%E2%80%93Downtown_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5178242"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/lynchburg/court-house-hill-downtown-historic-district-boundary-increase-ii-16000261/"}