Houses and mansions in Lynchburg (Independent City)
This tour visits places the Register records as dwellings, among them single houses, rowhouses and mansions. Many are private homes and the stops are meant to be seen from the sidewalk. More of the Lynchburg (Independent City) register is houses than any other kind of building, 15 listings of it in all.
10 stops, 1.3 miles end to end. One stop is a National Historic Landmark.
Distances are straight lines between the coordinates in the National Park Service Register data, so the walk on the street will be longer. Nobody has walked or checked this as a route, and a listing does not mean a place is open to visitors. Stops last changed Oct 16, 2026.
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Map
Coordinates come from the National Park Service National Register spatial data, or from Wikidata where the spatial data has no point. The solid line joins the stops in walking order and is not a street route. Listings with a restricted address in the Register are never mapped and never become stops. Data refreshed October 17, 2026.
Walking order
- 1Anne Spencer House1313 Pierce St.Building · listed 1976start
- 2Johnson, Dr. Robert Walker, House and Tennis Court1422 Pierce St.Building · listed 20020.6 mi from stop 1
- 3Lynch's Brickyard House700 Jackson St.Building · listed 2002293 ft from stop 2
- 4William Phaup House911 Sixth St.Building · listed 20020.1 mi from stop 3
- 5Court House Hill–Downtown Historic District (Boundary Increase)Roughly along Madison St., Harrison St., 7th St., 6th St.Historic district · listed 20020.2 mi from stop 4
- 6Carter Glass HouseNHL605 Clay St.Building · built 1907 · listed 1976508 ft from stop 5
- 7Court House Hill–DowntownChurch, Clay, Court, Main Sts., roughly bounded by 5th through 13th Sts.Historic district · listed 20010.1 mi from stop 6
- 8Saint Paul's Vestry House308 7th St.Building · listed 1997217 ft from stop 7
- 9Court House Hill-Downtown Historic District (Boundary Increase II)300 & 400 blks. 12th, 1200 blk. Church, 1000 blk. Main, 1001 Commerce & 1300 Court Sts.Historic district · listed 2016339 ft from stop 8
- 10John Marshall Warwick House720 Court St.Building · listed 1996346 ft from stop 9
1.3 straight-line miles over 9 legs.
Taking it along
- Download the route as GPXFor a handheld GPS or a phone app
- Open all 10 stops in Google MapsSet the mode to walking once it opens
- Open the first stop in Apple MapsThe Apple Maps web link carries one destination, so this is stop 1 only
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Titles come from Open Library's catalog, matched by subject heading or by title.