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Presbyterian Orphans Home

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Built
  
1911 (1911)

VLR #
  
118-5240

Area
  
67 ha

NRHP Reference #
  
08000073

Opened
  
1911

Added to NRHP
  
24 June 2010

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Location
  
150 Linden Ave., Lynchburg, Virginia

Architect
  
Lewis, John Minor Botts; et al.

Architectural style
  
Colonial Revival, Greek Revival

Presbyterian Orphans Home, now known as Presbyterian Homes & Family Services, is a historic "cottage style" orphanage complex located at Lynchburg, Virginia. It consists of six residence halls, a superintendent's house, and an executive building, all constructed of brick in the Georgian Revival style. Also on the property is a Greek Revival style gymnasium. Other contributing buildings and structures include the maintenance building, swimming pool, two farmhouses, dairy barn, stable, barn, and entry gates. A contributing site is the campus circle. The original buildings were constructed in 1911.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.

References

Presbyterian Orphans Home Wikipedia


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