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WELCOME TO RIVERMONT AVENUE

Welcome to the Rivermont Avenue Heritage Trust, the official website of the Friends of Rivermont Historical Society.

The Rivermont Avenue subdivision was planned as a residential suburb of Lynchburg in the early 1890s. The name “Rivermont” can be traced to the 1850s’ property of William Daniel, Jr. and his wife Elizabeth Hannah Cabell. This original property stretched from near Point of Honor to the current Rivermont Avenue.

Tour Properties

1105-1111 Rivermont Ave

Categories
  • Lower Rivermont
Address
1105-1111 Rivermont Ave
Property Name
Carey House
Date Built
1905
Architect
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Contractor
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Function
Multi-Family
Style & Architectural Description
Transition Queen Anne/Colonial Revival. 2-story, 6-bay hip-roofed frame. Each unit has 1-story, 2-bay porch with modillion cornice, Tuscan columns, and turned balusters. Most sash have 9/1 panes although there are diamond-paned casement windows on the first story. Building was doubled in size by addition of 2-story, 6-bay gable-roofed wing with 3 additional units connected by 1-story hyphen.
Owners
  • 1905 
  • Unknown-1970 P. G. Cosby Jr.
  • 1970-1971 Beverly R. Cosby et al
  • 1971-1976 Beverly R. Cosby
  • 1976-1986 Beverly R. & Peter G. Cosby
  • 1986-1988 Lynchburg Covenant Fellowship Incorporated
  • 1988-Present Carey House LTD Partnership and Lynchburg Covenant Fellowship INC
Anecdotal Information
According to the Lynchburg City Directory, in 1933 nurse Marjorie Watts and from 1935-1936 nurse Jamie Coats lived here.

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Gerard Sherayko

Department of History

Randolph College
2500 Rivermont Avenue
Lynchburg, VA 24503

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