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Doyle Florist Inc. H.R. Schenkel Inc. Greenhouse Range

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Built
  
1920 (1920)

Opened
  
1920

Added to NRHP
  
19 November 2014

NRHP Reference #
  
14000946

Area
  
3 ha

Doyle Florist Inc.-H.R. Schenkel Inc. Greenhouse Range

Location
  
1339 Englewood Street, Lynchburg, Virginia

Similar
  
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The Doyle Florist Inc.-H.R. Schenkel Inc. Greenhouse Range is a historic commercial garden property at 1339 Englewood Street in Lynchburg, Virginia. Developed beginning in 1920, it is a complex of nine greenhouses, five of which were built in 1920, with the other four added in later years beginning c. 1955. The complex is representative of the rise and fall of the cut flower industry in the nation, which reached its height in the 1950s and has since declined due to strong international competition. The complex also includes a root cellar for plant storage, a packing shed, a farmhouse, and a small brick power plant, on about 7 acres (2.8 ha) of land. The facility was used for the production and distribution of cut flowers from 1920 to 1999.

The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.

References

Doyle Florist Inc.-H.R. Schenkel Inc. Greenhouse Range Wikipedia