The Pierce Street Renaissance Historic District

“Only two blocks long, the Pierce Street Renaissance Historic District is the smallest of Lynchburg’s seven historic districts. It is the only local historic district that is more notable because of the people who lived there rather than because of the architecture of the buildings.”

Scroll through the map below to see the exact locations of the 8 Virginia Historical Highway markers found on Pierce Street, their corresponding buildings, as well as images of the people to whom the markers are attributed.

Images from  61 Very Short Stories as Told by Historic Markers of Lynchburg, Virginia