2480 Rivermont Ave
Address:
2480
Property Name:
Anderson's Piggly Wiggly
Date Built:
1920s
Architect:
Stanhope Johnson
Contractor:
N/A
Function:
Business
Style & Architectural Description:
Commercial. 1-story, 3-bay concrete block commercial building with brick veneer. Central projecting bay. Corbel brickwork alone cornice. Multi-light transoms over store windows.
Owners:
1920s-1966 Anderson's Brother Realty Corporation 1966-1999 Pearson's Peakland Drugstore Incorporated 1999-2001 Investment Properties of Lynchburg 2001-2007 Randolph-Macon Woman's College Trust 2007-Present Randolph College
(from city directories until 2014)
1933-1934: Rivermont Beauty Salon;
1935-1941: Piggly Wiggly grocers Anderson Branch;
1942-1952: Anderson Super Market;
1953-1964: listed with 2478;
1965-1976: not listed;
1977: King's Market grocery;
1978-1984: not listed;
1985-1986: Food World;
1987-1988: Food Land;
1989-1990: Avenue Food grocery;
1991-1993: Osinga's Grocery;
1994-1995: not verified;
1996: vacant;
1997: Jhoon Rhee Karate;
1998: not listed;
1999: Karate International;
2000-2002: not listed;
2003-2010: Macon Bookshop;
2011-2013: not listed;
2014: Riverside Runners
Anecdotal Information:
In the early 2000s this building served as the bookstore for Randolph-Macon Woman's College and then Randolph College. It is currently Randolph College Pre-School.
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