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Summary
Significance: The South River Friends Meetinghouse, or Quaker Meeting House, is a historic Friends meeting house located at Lynchburg, Virginia. It was completed in 1798. It is a rubble stone structure, approximately 30 by 51 feet with walls 16 inches thick, and 12 feet high. The building ceased to used as a Quaker meeting house in the 1840s, and today stands on the grounds of the Quaker Memorial Presbyterian Church.
Adjacent to the structure is a historic graveyard. Buried there are Sarah Lynch (in an unmarked grave) and her son John, the founder of the city.
Survey number: HABS VA-1087
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friends meeting houses
quakers
lynchburg va
south river quaker
house
fort avenue
lynchburg
virginia
people associated with politics and government
religious architectural elements
religious groups
brick buildings
historic american buildings survey
photo
ultra high resolution
high resolution
architecture
american architecture
church architecture
united states history
presbyterian church
library of congress
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Location
Lynchburg (Va.)
,
37.41375, -79.14225
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html