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Avenel
Foundation, Inc.
413 Avenel Ave., Bedford 24523
(540) 586-8180
www.va-web.com-bedfordvisitors-introduction.htm
Built circa 1838 by William Burrell as the manor of his 100-acre
plantation. Visited by Gen. Robert E. Lee and Edgar Allen Poe.
Tours by appointment. Admission charged.
Bedford
Area Visitors Center (Chamber of Commerce)
305 E. Main St., Bedford 24523
(800) 933-9535
bchamber@cablenet-va.com
Local information.
Open Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm.
Bedford
City/County Museum
201 E. Main St., Bedford 24523
(540) 586-4520
History of Bedford County from Native Americans-the twentieth century.
Genealogical records.
Open Feb. 16-Nov. 30, Mon-Sat, 10am-5pm; Dec. 1-Feb. 15, 9am-4pm.
Admission charged.
Bedford
County Courthouse
Main St., Bedford 24523-0234
(540) 586-7632
Historical records.
Open Mon-Fri, 8:30am-5pm.
Bedford
Historic Meeting House
W. Main St., Bedford 24523
(540) 586-8188
On the National Register of Historic Places and the Virginia Landmarks
Register. Erected in 1838 as the first meeting house for Methodists in the
town of Liberty.
Tours by appointment.
Bedford
Historical Society
315 N. Bridge St. Bedford 24523
(540) 586-9242
bedfordhs@aol.com
Local history and preservation.
Open by appointment.
James
River Restored Canal Lock
U.S. Route 501 (Enter parkway, turn right to James River Visitors Center.)
Big Island 24526
(540) 586-4357
Battery Creek Lock #7 was part of the James River and Kanawha Canal
System.
Visitors Center open May-Oct.
 The Johnson
Farm
Milepost 86, Blue Ridge Parkway, Bedford 24523
(540) 586-3707
Nineteenth-century southern mountain interpretive farm. Restored
farmhouse, period furniture and farming demonstrations. Accessible from
Peaks of Otter by trail.
Farm open (self guided) Aug.-Nov.; school tours--April, May, Sept, Oct.
Winery open by appointment.
National
D-Day Memorial
Route 122 near Bedford Elementary School and intersection with Route 460,
Bedford 24523
(800) 351-DDAY or (540) 586-3329
www.dday.org
Honoring D-Day veterans. Bedford County sustained the greatest per
capita loss of lives on D-Day of any community in the U.S. (Memorial will
open June 6, 2001.)
Open Tue-Sun, 10am-5pm. Admission charged.
 New London
Academy
12400 E. Lynchburg-Salem Turnpike, Forest 24551
(804) 525-2177
Chartered in 1795 as a private boys school, now an elementary school.
Open by appointment.
Poplar Forest
Foxhall Rd. and Poplar Forest Dr., Forest 24551-0419
24551-0419
www.poplarforest.org
Designed and built by Thomas Jefferson as a personal retreat. An
archaeological dig is in progress.
Open Apr-Nov, everyday, 10am-4pm.
Tours every half hour. Admission charged. |