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•Continue to near SiXtH Street, DoWn Court Street
5 Court Street Baptist Church 517 Court Street
The church was first organized in 1843 as the African Baptist Church of Lynchburg. The church was active throughout the war, though in another building near this location. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007, this structure was built in 1879-80.
•LeFt, uP SiXtH Street, tHen LeFt, DoWn CLaY St.
6 Latham’s Battery Gun House, Clay Street Reservoir & Holy Cross Church
Corners of Seventh and Clay
The bronze plaque on the wall of the Clay Street reservoir marks the site of the Gun House of Latham’s Battery, a volunteer artillery unit which was mustered in 1861 as part of the Army of Northern Virginia. Latham’s Battery served at the Battle of Gettysburg, among others. Dr. Henry Grey Latham, captain of the battery, is memori- alized at his horse head hitching post, located on the corner of Clay and 6th Streets (about a block to the north). The base of the post describes Dr. Latham as, “Tender Poet, Notable Wit.”
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