2101 Rivermont Ave
Categories
Address
2101
Property Name
Francis M. Dunnington House
Date Built
1914
Architect
McLaughlin & Johnson
Contractor
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Function
Multi-Family
Style & Architectural Description
Colonial Revival. 2 1/2-story, 3-bay hip-roofed brick house with the tile roof and overhanging and eaves. Round-arched dormers, 1-story porch with fluted columns and brick piers. Modified to 3 apartments. There is a secondary building: 1-story brick garage with tile roof, same style as house.
Owners
- 1914-1936 Unknown
- 1936-1942 First Presbyterian Church
- 1942-1965 S. Duvall & Maude C. Martin
- 1965-1987 James K. & Gertrude M. Paulette
- 1987-2019 Carl D. And Joyce L. Manfield
- 2019-Present Michael and Ruth Erquiaga
Anecdotal Information
Interview with Carl & Joyce Manfield on July, 6, 2015:
Carl and Joyce Manfield have lived in their home on Rivermont for thirty years. The house was used as parsonage for a Presbyterian church. The church sold it to Duvall Martin, who was a judge, and his wife Maude, who was the head nurse at Virginia Baptist Hospital. They had painted the woodwork in the basement green and red for Christmas parties. The owners after that made the house into apartments. Two sisters lived in the upstairs in apartments for sixteen years. Carl and Joyce let the sisters remain upstairs and have very fond memories of Helen Brown who was an English and Latin teacher. She would go to Atlantic City during the summers and was a fortune teller. The house has oak floors up and downstairs and air conditioning. The property also has a garage in the back of the house.
