Pest House Medical Museum

Pest House Medical Museum is a museum in Lynchburg, Central Virginia, Virginia. Pest House Medical Museum is situated near Horse Hearse and Caretaker’s Museum, as well as near Old City Cemetery.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Old City Cemetery and Fifth Street Historic District.

Old City Cemetery

Cemetery

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The Old City Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Lynchburg, Virginia. It is the oldest municipal cemetery still in use today in the state of Virginia, and one of the oldest such burial grounds in the United States. Old City Cemetery is situated 500 feet southeast of Pest House Medical Museum.

Fifth Street Historic District

Historic site

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Fifth Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Lynchburg, Virginia. The district encompasses 57 contributing buildings and 1 contributing object in a historically African-American section of Lynchburg. Fifth Street Historic District is situated 2,200 feet east of Pest House Medical Museum.

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 2,800 feet southwest of Pest House Medical Museum.

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 2 miles northeast of Pest House Medical Museum.

Pest House Medical Museum

Type: Museum
Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Lynchburg, Central Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.4157° or 37° 24′ 57″ north

Longitude

-79.15795° or 79° 9′ 29″ west

Open location code

8792CR8R+7R

OpenStreetMap ID

way 181495545

OpenStreetMap feature

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OpenStreetMap feature

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Horse Hearse and Caretaker’s Museum and Station House Museum.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Cemetery Center and Chambers St. & 1st. St. (Outbound).

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