Old City Cemetery - Lynchburg, Virginia - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

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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