Historical Highway Markers

Point of Honor

L-23

Point of Honor stands half a mile to the northeast. Built for Dr. George Cabell Sr. in 1815, this refined Federal-style house is stylistically linked to dwellings in Richmond such as the Hancock-Wirt-Caskie House. According to local tradition, duels were fought on the property. Cabell owned the 750-acre plantation on which the house stands, as well as a nearby tobacco warehouse. Point of Honor retains most of its original architectural features and after its restoration the house was opened to the public as a museum in 1977.

Department of Historic Resources, 2006

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References/Bibliographic Citation:

Point of Honor. The Lynchburg Museum System Chamber, S. Allen, Jr., “Point of Honor; Its Past and Its Potential.” Lynchburg Historical Society: 1967. Rothery, Agnes, Houses Virginians Have Loved. New York: Bonanza Books, 1954. Blunt, Ruth H. “Point of Honor,” Virginia Cavalcade, Vol. XVIII, No. 3 (Winter, 1969.) Elson, James. Lyncyburg, The First Two Hundred Years 1786-1986. Warwick House Publishers, Lynchburg, VA 2004. (Pages 235-236). Higginbotham, Sylvia. Marvelous Old Mansions and Other Southern Treasures. John F. Boair, Publisher, 2000. (Page 225). Horner, John V. & P. B. Winfree, Jr., Editors. The Saga of a City: Lynchburg, Virginia 1786-1936. The Lynchburg Sesqui-Centennial Association, Inc. 1936. (Page 62). Loth, Calder, Editor. The Virginia Landmarks Register. University Press of Virginia. Charlottesville, VA 1986 (Page 259). Nurmi, Debra Rowe. Greater Lynchburg: The Real Virginia. Community Communications. 1995. (Pages 51, 58). Potter, Dorothy & Clifton. Lynchburg: The Most Intersting Spot. Progress Publishing Corporation. Lynchburg, VA 1976. (Page 142). Shaffer, Janet. “Narcissa and Robert Owen: The Point of Honor Years.” The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. Volume 89, April 1981, No. 2 (Pages 153-170).