During the late nineteenth century, Lynchburg was a small but strategically located city in the South, the site of significant Civil War fighting that left severe physical devastation in its wake. During the postwar Reconstruction period (1865–77), the city experienced a building boom, and artisan builders experimented with emerging decorative styles, including Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, and Italianate. Meredith attended Jackson Street School in Lynchburg, established by the Freedmen’...
