{"nrhp_refnum":"86003468","name":"Kentucky Hotel","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"900 Fifth St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lynchburg (Independent City)","county":"Lynchburg","state":"VA","lat":37.41458437000006,"lon":-79.15053275799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-12-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half-story brick former ordinary (hotel) at 900 Fifth Street in Lynchburg, Virginia, likely built before 1800 as a private residence and expanded by two bays around 1814 by James Mallory.","why_significant":"It is one of three surviving early 19th-century ordinaries in Lynchburg and the only one without major alterations or later additions. It is also a rare survivor of Lynchburg's Federal-style architecture, with a five-bay, single-pile, gable-roofed form, twin end chimneys and an arched fanlight. It was also a commercial lodging linked to the city's early economic and social growth.","narrative":"Kentucky Hotel is a brick building at 900 Fifth Street in Lynchburg, Virginia, originally a three-bay, side-hall house probably built before 1800 and laid in Flemish bond. Around 1814 James Mallory added two bays, creating a symmetrical five-bay center-hall plan, and in 1816 he received an ordinary license for the building. At that time Lynchburg was a busy trade town with warehouses and many ordinaries serving travelers. It is one of three surviving early 19th-century ordinaries in the city and the only one without major alterations or additions. Its Federal-style features include a gabled roof, twin end chimneys, splayed brick lintels, corbelled cornices and a semicircular fanlight over the entrance. Inside, original stairs, doors, hardware and early window glass survive. The building later served other uses, including ownership by an Odd Fellows association from 1894, and was restored in 1985 after a period of neglect. It remains on a commercial street in Lynchburg.","period_of_significance":"Late 18th-Early 19th Century (1700-1799, 1800-1899)","architect_builder":"Builder/Architect Unknown (house believed built by Edward Terrell before 1800; addition about 1814 attributed to James Mallory)","architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as excellent and unaltered on its original site, with restoration work in progress in 1985; it had been vacant and deteriorating before its purchase by the owner of that time.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:59.749677-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/39/6817/41681739/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/86003468.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003468/99d2ee6f1a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003468/99d2ee6f1a-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kentucky_Hotel_Lynchburg_Nov_08.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog (talk)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kentucky_Hotel_Lynchburg_Nov_08.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681739","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_Hotel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6392282"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/lynchburg/kentucky-hotel-86003468/"}