Old City Market (Miller/Webb photograph collection)

Oddfellows Orphanage (Miller/Webb photograph collection)

Main St. (West End) In this eastward view from 5th st., the Academy Theater can be seen just beyond the horse and buggy to the left. (Jones Memorial Library post card collection)

Blackwater Creek & John Lynch's Mill Spanning Blackwater Creek is the 6th st. covered walkway bridge. The house on the bluff overlooking the creek was originally the residence of Dr. John Cabell, and was built in 1809. (Miller/Webb photograph collection)

The Lynch Building Built in 1873 as the "Lynch House" (a hotel/store), the building is shown here shortly after a late 19th century remodeling. The Lynch Building was demolished in 1970 to make way for the Fidelity Bank Building. (Miller/Webb photograph collection)

Detail from Lynch Building Photo The Plecker photographs offer stunning detail which cannot be realized in the web-based images. Shown above is detail from the street scene in the photo to the left. Click here for a closeup of the horse and buggy in front of the building

Blackwater Creek (Miller/Webb photograph collection)

Virginia Christian College / Main Hall One of two buildings at Virginia Christian College partially funded by industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, "Main Hall" was completed in 1909. In 1919, Virginia Christian College changed its name to Lynchburg College, and in 1953, this building was renamed "Hopwood Hall" in honor of the College's founder, Josephus Hopwood. (Miller/Webb photograph collection)

Interior of Virginian Hotel (Miller/Webb photograph collection)

View North from Rivermont Bridge Blackwater Creek, the 6th St. pedestrian bridge and Madison Heights as viewed from the Rivermont Bridge. (Jones Memorial Library post card collection)

View from White Rock Hill (Miller/Webb photograph collection)

Detail from White Rock Hill View

Glamorgan Works (Miller/Webb photograph collection)

Cotton Mill Trestle (Miller/Webb photograph collection)

James River & Lynchburg Skyline This view of Lynchburg from "Lover's Leap" features the Scott's Mill and dam on the James River, as well as Glamorgan Pipe Works on the far bank. (Miller/Webb photograph collection)

Detail of Lynchburg Skyline

Heald's Bark Mills Heald's Bark Mills was later known as Mead Paper, and today as Rock-Tenn Company. Across the river is N&W (Percival's) Island, once home to a busy railroad yard. (Miller/Webb photograph collection)

Piedmont College This building at the west end of the Rivermont bridge was later known as Fauber's Funeral Chapel. (Jones Memorial Library post card collection)

Canal Locks on the James River (Miller/Webb photograph collection)

Members of the Botetourt Artilley at a reunion in 1906 (Miller/Webb photograph collection - with thanks to Jerry Markham for supplying corrected caption)

Lynchburg Union Station (Miller/Webb photograph collection)

Union Station Photo Detail A closeup of the Union Station photo reveals a vintage locomotive at the Southern Railway platform behind the station.