Old City Cemetery - Lynchburg, Virginia
N 37° 24.831 W 079° 09.324
17S E 663238 N 4142380
The Old City Cemetery in Lynchburg is one of the oldest cemetery's in Lynchburg, with graves dating to the early 1800's.
Waymark Code: WM24G1
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 09/02/2007
Views: 11
Lynchburg’s Old City Cemetery one of the oldest cemetery’s in Central Virginia and is home the final resting place of over 20,000 individuals. There are five small museums on the grounds of the Old City Cemetery that interpret the history of the Cemetery, the City of Lynchburg, as well as the surrounding area. Each museum, except the Mourning Museum, is designed to be self-guided. They can be experienced at your own pace anytime the Cemetery gates are open. The Mourning Museum is inside the Cemetery Center and is only open when the Center is open. Several veterans of the Revolutionary War along with more the 2,200 Confederate Veterans are buried here.
Street address: 401 Taylor Street Lynchburg, Va United States 24501
County / Borough / Parish: City of Lynchburg
Year listed: 1973
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture, Engineering, Event
Periods of significance: 1800 - 1924
Historic function: Cemetery
Current function: Cemetery
Privately owned?: no
Hours of operation: From: 6:00 AM To: 8:00 AM
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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