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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.

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1378 Rivermont Ave

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Address
1378
Property Name
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Date Built
1908
Architect
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Contractor
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Function
Multi-Family
Style & Architectural Description
Transition Queen Anne/Colonial Revival. 2 1/2-story, 3-bay hip-roofed frame house with a gable-roofed projecting bay with pedimented gable end. 1-story porch has Tuscan columns and turned balustrades. Most windows have 2/2 sash clad with asbestos siding. Modified to 3 apartments.
Owners
  • 1908-1944 Unknown
  • 1944-1946 F. Lee & Margaret W. Cherry
  • 1946-1971 John R. Saunders
  • 1971-1973 Daard Incorporated
  • 1973-1976 Carson & Lucille N. Holmes
  • 1976-2005 George B. Clark
  • 2005-2006 Justin Victor & David Christen
  • 2006-Present Kimberly J. Spillers
Anecdotal Information
According to the Lynchburg City Directory, from 1948-1957 physicians John Saunders and Francis Whitehouse lived here and from 1960-1961 nurse Doris Jenkins lived here.

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Gerard Sherayko

Department of History

Randolph College
2500 Rivermont Avenue
Lynchburg, VA 24503

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