Corner of 12th and Main in the 1980s. Photo courtesy of Va. Department of Historic Resources Curious History does not own this photo. Please, do not download or re-publish. See source for details.

City Auditorium circa 1911, courtesy of the Lynchburg Museum System Curious History does not own this photo. Please, do not download or re-publish. See source for details.

View of the old market house on 9th & Main street. Photo published in 1875. Curious History does not own this photo. Please, do not download or re-publish. See source for details.

Main Street in 1913. Postcard from Graybill collection. Sitting where the Bank of the James sits today, the "Lynch House" is visible on the right. Curious History does not own this photo. Please, do not download or re-publish. See source for details.

Physician and inventor. Curious History does not own this photo. Please, do not download or re-publish. See source for details.

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"Schewels, on the southeast corner of 12th and Main Streets, in the 1940's. Digitally restored photo; original from the archives of The News & Advance. The Schewels web site advises that Elias Schewel began his business in 1897 selling picture frames, chair bottoms, and other small furniture items from a horse-drawn wagon. Schewels incorporated in 1917, and the location seen here was the business's first permanent location." - A Visual History of Lynchburg, Virginia CH does not own this photo.