2018 Rivermont Ave
Categories
Address
2018
Property Name
Edwin C. Ivey House
Date Built
1903
Architect
J. M. B. Lewis
Contractor
W. R. Richardson
Function
Single Family
Style & Architectural Description
Queen Anne. Large 2 1/2-story, 4-bay frame house with complex hipped roof. Round tower is on the SW corner, first floor of front facade is faced with stone, and another round tower is on the east. Wraparound porch is on the east and north. Roof has highly decorative patterned slate shingles. There is a secondary structure: 2-car garage-wood shingle siding with side-gabled roof with asphalt shingles.
Owners
- 1903-1933 E.C. Ivey
- 1933-1934 Randolph-Macon Woman's College trustee
- 1934-1958 Edgar M. Shaner
- 1958-1971 Edgar M. Shaner
- 1971-1986 W. Almond & Julie P. Wade, Jr.
- 1996-2012 Julie P. Wade
- 2012-Present Michael and Jennifer McLeroy
Anecdotal Information
Photo 1: Children on porch of 2024 Rivermont L-R Celeste Taylor Ivey (daughter of E.C. Ivey, b. 23 December 1904, d. 26 March 1999) and other children unknown.
Photo 2: Recent Image
*********************************************************************************************************************************************Edwin Clark Ivey was born 30 December 1874 in Lynchburg, and died 9 October 1949 in Lynchburg. His parents were William Christopher Ivey and Emma Walton Moorman Ivey. Edwin attended school at Randolph-Macon Academy, Bedford, and Washington and Lee University.
After college, Edwin farmed the family land in the area currently occupied by the Peakland Place neighborhood and the Presbyterian Homes and Family Services (formerly Presbyterian Orphans Home).
Edwin entered business with the Standard Ice Company. He was also involved with the manufacture of men’s clothing, and with auto sales.
As an owner of Church Street property, Edwin became a promoter of the Allied Arts Building in downtown Lynchburg.
His father’s home at 2024 Rivermont Avenue and Edwin’s home at 2018 Rivermont were built in 1903, with J.M.B. Lewis as architect for both properties.
When Edwin’s father died in 1924, the home at 2024 Rivermont came into his possession and Edwin resided there. It would seem that his son Edwin C. Ivey, Jr. then resided at 2018 Rivermont Avenue. Dr. Edmunds shared that the Great Depression, together with Edwin’s lack of business acumen, lost both properties to the Ivey family. Records show that by 1933, both houses passed out of the family’s ownership.
Dr. Prescott and Harriet Edmunds shared these anecdotal notes and family photos with FORHS in Summer 2014. Dr. Prescott Edmunds is the grandson of Edwin Clark Ivey.
