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Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Virginia)
[https://jmlibrary.org Jones Memorial Library] is a specialized genealogy and history research library located at 2311 Memorial Avenue in Lynchburg, Virginia. The original historic library building is located at 434 Rivermont Avenue in Lynchburg, Virginia. It was designed by the local architectural firm of Frye & Chesterman and was erected in 1906–07 in the Neo-Classical architecture, Neoclassical style. an''Accompanying photo''/ref> The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The library was founded by Mary Frances Watts Jones in memory of her husband George Morgan Jones; it opened in June 1908 as the second oldest public library in Virginia. The library had been the dream of George Morgan Jones, philanthropist and industrialist of Lynchburg, but he died before it could be built. As a memorial to her husband, Mary Frances Watts Jones financed the construction and equipping of the library. The deed to establish the library was the direct result o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynchburg, Virginia
Lynchburg is an independent city (United States), independent city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. First settled in 1757 by ferry owner John Lynch (1740–1820), John Lynch, the city's population was 79,009 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains along the banks of the James River, Lynchburg is known as the "City of Seven Hills" or the "Hill City". In the 1860s, Lynchburg was the only city in Virginia that was not recaptured by the Union (American Civil War), Union before the end of the American Civil War. Lynchburg lies at the center of a wider Lynchburg metropolitan area, metropolitan area close to the geographic center of Virginia. It is the fifth-largest Metropolitan statistical area, MSA in Virginia, with a population of 261,593. It is the site of several institutions of higher education, including Virginia University of Lynchburg, Randolph College, University of L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
