This Old House; 2000
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- Identifier
- MS1133-0477
- Title
- This Old House; 2000
- Description
- Thomas Ledford shares a description of Lynchburg’s Old Court House carried by the Lynchburg Virginian newspaper on April 9, 1855. “On the very spot where a short time ago stood our chief disgrace built in 1813, now stands our chief pride and ornament.” It is built in the Grecian Revival style of architecture and was designed by William S. Ellison. A third courthouse was built in 1955. The restoration of the Old Court House concluded in 1977.
- Date
- 16 November 2000
- Creator
- Ledford, Thomas G.
- topic
- talk
- lecture
- SPHEX Club
- Thomas G. Ledford
- Ledford
- 2000
- Lynchburg Virginia
- Lynchburg courthouse
- William. S. Ellison
- William Warwick
- Mason's Hall
- John Minor Otey
- Andrew Ellison, Jr.
- Edward Shaw
- Minard Lafever
- W. F. Hallet
- courthouse clock
- David E. Spence
- Corporation Court
- Richard P. Gifford
- Type
- Text
- Genre
- lectures
- Digital Format
- application/pdf
- Language
- English
- Repository
- George M. Jones Library Association
- Rights
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Rights Holder
- Thomas G. Ledford
Part of This Old House; 2000