Built 1902 (1902) VLR # 118-0155 Area 4,000 m² Added to NRHP 30 July 1980 | NRHP Reference # 80004309 Designated VLR April 15, 1980 Opened 1902 | |
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Location 402 Grove St., Lynchburg, Virginia Architectural style Queen Anne style architecture Similar Thomas Road Baptist C, Court Street Baptist C, Anne Spencer House, Lynchburg Courthouse, Point of Honor | ||
The Aviary is a historic aviary building located in Miller Park at Lynchburg, Virginia. It is a Queen Anne-style structure erected in 1902. The multi-sided exhibition house was designed by the local architectural firm of Frye & Chesterman. The building was a gift to the city of Lynchburg from Randolph Guggenheimer of New York City. When completed, the Aviary housed, "Seven cages containing monkeys, one with at least a half dozen healthy alligators, one with cockatoos, one with Australian doves, one with parrots and one with canaries." It later became a branch library and an office structure for the city Department of Parks and Recreation.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
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