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The Lunenburg County town of Kenbridge’s Fifth Avenue Historic District is a linear, five-block, residential district, arrayed on both sides of Fifth Avenue, a wide, two-lane road with concrete curbs and sidewalks. Kenbridge arose along the route of a railroad connecting the coalfields of West Virginia with the port of Norfolk. By 1910 a bank and many shops formed the downtown, and Fifth Avenue was laid out where some large houses had already been constructed for leading citizens. The houses, set back from the street on broad lawns, were constructed between 1890 and 1930 and represent a variety of architectural styles including Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, and bungalow-style. The Fifth Avenue Historic District also includes two churches, an early hospital, and a former school building.
Many properties listed in the registers are private dwellings and are not open to the public, however many are visible from the public right-of-way. Please be respectful of owner privacy.
Abbreviations:
VLR: Virginia Landmarks Register
NPS: National Park Service
NRHP: National Register of Historic Places
NHL: National Historic Landmark
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DHR has secured permanent legal protection for over 700 historic places - including 15,000 acres of battlefield lands
DHR has erected 2,532 highway markers in every county and city across Virginia
DHR has registered more than 3,317 individual resources and 613 historic districts
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DHR has stimulated more than $4.2 billion dollars in private investments related to historic tax credit incentives, revitalizing communities of all sizes throughout Virginia
