Union Prisoner of War Camp

Union Prisoner of War Camp is a memorial in Lynchburg, Central Virginia, Virginia. Union Prisoner of War Camp is situated nearby to E C Glass High School, as well as near the theater building E. C. Glass Civic Auditorium.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lynchburg Public Library and E C Glass High School.

Lynchburg Public Library

Library

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Lynchburg Public Library is situated 860 feet southwest of Union Prisoner of War Camp.

E. C. Glass High School is a public school in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States, overseen by the Lynchburg City School Board. It was founded in 1871 and was named for long-time Superintendent of Public Schools in Lynchburg, Edward Christian Glass. E C Glass High School is situated 490 feet northwest of Union Prisoner of War Camp.

Centerview

Historic building

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Centerview is a historic home located at Lynchburg, Virginia. It is a two-story brick house completed in 1871 in the Greek Revival style. The dependency, which is similar in construction and detail to the main house but which may date to 1861, is a one-stay gabled brick building and originally served as a summer kitchen and cook's dwelling among other functions. Centerview is situated 1,500 feet northeast of Union Prisoner of War Camp.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kemper Street Industrial Historic District and Diamond Hill Historic District.

Kemper Street Industrial Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Kemper Street Industrial Historic District encompasses a collection of industrial sites on Campbell Avenue and Kemper Street in Lynchburg, Virginia.

Diamond Hill Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Diamond Hill Historic District is a national historic district located in Lynchburg, Virginia. The district is irregularly shaped and approximately 14 blocks in area.

Madison Heights

Town

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Madison Heights is a census-designated place in Amherst County, Virginia, United States. The population was 10,893 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Lynchburg Metropolitan Statistical Area. Madison Heights is situated 3 miles northeast of Union Prisoner of War Camp.

Union Prisoner of War Camp

Type: Memorial
Category: historic site
Location: Lynchburg, Central Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.40627° or 37° 24′ 23″ north

Longitude

-79.16615° or 79° 9′ 58″ west

Open location code

8792CR4M+GG

OpenStreetMap ID

node 11081023391

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include E. C. Glass Civic Auditorium and Jones Memorial Library Genealogy & History Collections.

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