{"nrhp_refnum":"83003292","name":"Wood, J. W., Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"23-27 Ninth St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lynchburg (Independent City)","county":"Lynchburg","state":"VA","lat":37.41613847200006,"lon":-79.14043821999996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-02-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A modified Greek Revival-style brick commercial warehouse at 23-27 Ninth Street in downtown Lynchburg, Virginia, built between 1851 and 1853 on a stone basement. Its builder and architect are unknown.","why_significant":"It is described as the largest and best preserved of the few pre-Civil War commercial buildings left in Lynchburg. Its first-floor cast-iron storefront is the only surviving antebellum iron facade of its type in the city. It also recalls the city's commercial activity of the 1850s, when the census ranked Lynchburg second richest in the nation per capita.","narrative":"Located at 23-27 Ninth Street in downtown Lynchburg, this brick warehouse was built between 1851 and 1853 on a stone basement of irregular ashlar. Its design is a plain, almost severe version of Greek Revival, with a broad wooden cornice, a shallow hipped metal roof and simple lintels. The most distinctive feature is the cast-iron ground-floor front: seven pilasters with decorative cartouches and Corinthian capitals divide it into six bays, with two double doorways. It is the only antebellum iron facade of its kind remaining in Lynchburg. The iron may have come from New York, Richmond or Baltimore, though its source is uncertain. Inside, open floors, exposed pine joists and unadorned timber framing reflect its use as a warehouse. Nineteenth-century tenants included grain dealers, tobacco factors and shoe distributors. A wholesale grocery firm moved in during 1927 and the building is still used for storage. It is considered the largest and best preserved of Lynchburg's few surviving pre-Civil War commercial buildings.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1850","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Modified Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still in use as a wholesale grocery warehouse, mainly for overflow space; the owners cleaned and painted the cast-iron facade.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:56.37829-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/55/6817/41681755/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/83003292.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003292/bd1a2177fc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003292/bd1a2177fc-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wood_Bldg_Lynchburg_Nov_08.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog (talk)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wood_Bldg_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":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681755","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._W._Wood_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6107408"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/lynchburg/wood-j-w-building-83003292/"}