Discover a park that provided native plants for a unique set of botanical watercolor paintings and tour the historic garden of a Harlem Renaissance poet.
About 100 people from the University and surrounding communities gathered at Lynchburg on Saturday for a conference dedicated to women’s leadership and the late Rosel Schewel ’71 MEd, ’83 EdS, a civic activist and champion of women’s rights and racial justice.
Two nonprofits set up to honor Lynchburg historical figures Anne Spencer and Dr. Robert Walter “Whirlwind” Johnson have received $250,000 to continue telling their stories.
In honor of the 90th anniversary of one of the country s earliest Black garden clubs, experts look back at the important work of these organizations, which reac.
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Just outside of the sprawling gardens of the historic Anne Spencer House on Pierce Street are the remains of a cinderblock foundation, the footprint of the old chicken house that used to sit on the property.
Now, for the first time since the Queen Anne-style home was added to the National Registry of Historic Places in 1976, there are plans for an addition to the property â a structure dubbed âPopâs Chicken House,â which will sit on the foundation of the original building.
Preliminary plans for the building include public restrooms, an event and gallery space and kitchen facilities. The buildingâs glass doors will open onto a wooden deck that will overlook the verdant grounds.