City View by The James has been brought back to life from the former glory days of the Piedmont Club. Located on the 20th floor of the Bank of The James Bank building at 823 Main St in historic downtown Lynchburg, City View certainly lives up to it’s name… it has one of the best views overlooking the city and you will be hard pressed to find a better vista.

If you are looking for a unique venue for a special event or business meeting, you owe it to yourself to take a look at City View by The James. Call: 434.455.0384 or visit: CityViewByTheJames.com for more booking information.

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Boonsboro Country Club is a great Lynchburg wedding venues. What would eventually become Boonsboro Country Club was a large, working farm from 1800 to 1923. Francis Thornton Meriwether’s wife Catharine Elizabeth Davies gave 1,028 acres to him as her dower. In 1793 bricks, hardware, and slate for a roof were ordered from England and arrived on site in 1796. Named after a Scottish castle in Mr. Meriwether’s lineage, “Sholto”, as the home was called, was completed in 1800.

On July 26, 1910 William Douglas Meriwether, James Addison Meriwether, Catherine Bernice Meriwether and William Harris Rucker conveyed 300 acres and Sholto to JohnTinsley Rucker and his wife, Katherine Dawson Rucker. The Rucker family lived at theresidence and continued to operate the farm until 1923.

Sholto was a center-hall plan home with connecting stairs from the ground level to the third floor. The two wings (the Ballroom and Men’s Locker Room) were not part of the original building, as well as, the main entrance as we know it today, was simply a window, with the front door to the house being a little to the right of today’s main entrance, centering it with the house.

The ground floor (the present day Grille) was divided into the kitchen, a family dining room, and two storage rooms. Food was prepared on a large, wood-burning cook stove. The storage rooms, or root cellars, were used to preserve farm produce and ample shelving provided storage for other kitchen supplies. This area had two entrances, one from the back and one from the east side of the house.

The first floor was entered from the center of a wooden porch on the front of the house. The front door opened into the first floor foyer and faced the existing staircase. This area contained a parlor, a company dining room on the left, a master bedroom, and a smaller room that eventually became their first indoor bathroom (the present day Library or Red Room).

The steps going to the second floor led to a wide hall that was used as a sitting room and four large bedrooms, which today are used for staff offices. The third level was a large bedroom, but was removed during the 1929 renovation.

Without electricity, running water, or indoor plumbing, oil lamps provided most of the indoor lighting and fireplaces heated the house. Water was brought in from a well in the backyard (present day parking lot and golf shop), but was eventually pumped inside the house, along with the addition of a bathroom off the first floor master bedroom, in the early 1900′s.

Standing on the present day porch and looking out down BCC Drive, which follows the same path as it did over 200 years ago, it’s not difficult to understand the lay of the property. The lawn in front of the house was a large fenced in area. To the right stretched pastureland for the dairy cows. Crops were grown on both sides of the road from the area near the house to the present day Boonsboro Road. A large garden was planted in the area to the left of the house across the road, while the horse barn and tenant farmer’s home were beyond the garden in the vicinity of the present day #8 fairway.

If you would like to find more information about this Lynchburg Wedding Venue, just go to Boonsboro Country Club’s website

If you’re looking for a Lynchburg wedding venue to hold your big day, reserve our hotel’s wedding reception facilities. We have 17 rooms with over 12,000 sq ft of space, which can accommodate 900 guests. Our 5,824-sq-ft Ballroom is the largest in Central Virginia.

Our Holiday Inn Lynchburg hotel has the perfect location for business and leisure travelers. We’re situated in the heart of downtown near historic districts, and we offer beautiful views of the city and Blue Ridge Mountains.

Businesses like Genworth, Areva and Babcock & Wilcox/McDermott are all close to our hotel in Lynchburg, VA. For our corporate travelers, we have a business center with print and copy services, as well as free high-speed, wireless Internet access. Our property also has more than 12,000 sq ft of flexible meeting space, which can accommodate up to 900 guests.

Restaurants, shopping and entertainment are within walking distance of our hotel. While in Lynchburg, history lovers can visit Poplar Forest, Appomattox Courthouse and the D-Day Memorial, while nature lovers may want to see the Natural Bridge. We’re also close to Liberty Mountain Snowflex Centre, the country’s only year-round ski resort.

When you stay at this Holiday Inn hotel, you can enjoy our rooftop pool and 24-hour fitness center, which features Nautilus equipment. In addition, the trendy on-site restaurant, Lunchbag On Main, serves delicious, gourmet meals at breakfast, lunch and dinner, and it features a menu created by celebrity chef. At night, our bar offers entertainment, too. Book your stay today and find out why we’re one of the best wedding venues in Lynchburg, VA. Make sure to bring some comfortable walking shoes for your visit to Lynchburg since lodging with us means you’re within walking distance of historic sites and downtown attractions. In fact, the Lynchburg Academy of Fine Arts is just across the street.

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