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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

2236 Rivermont Ave

Categories
Address
2236
Property Name
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Date Built
1910
Architect
D. P. Morrison
Contractor
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Function
Single Family
Style & Architectural Description
Transition Queen Anne/Colonial Revival. 2-story, 2-bay with complex hip-roofed and gable-roofed bays on 3 sides. Porch wraps around the southeast corner and has Tuscan columns.
Owners
  • 1911-1936 Unknown
  • 1936-1959 Edward G. Scott
  • 1959-1963 Carl F. & Betty I. Eborn
  • 1963-1964 Robert E. & Betty L. Ford Mills
  • 1964-1965 Walter C. & Charlotte B. Dresser
  • 1965-2000 Otis L. & Dorothy E. Crank
  • 2000-2003 Otis L. Crank 
  • 2003 K. Marshall Weldon & Mae C. Kelley
  • 2003-2009 William H. & Patricia C. Crank
  • 2009-Present Harold W. & Sharon L. Wheeler Jr.
Anecdotal Information
Interview with Bill & Sharon Wheeler on July 8, 2010: Sharon and Bill Wheeler have lived in 2236 Rivermont Avenue since 2009. They bought the house shortly after moving back to Lynchburg from Mississippi. They were immediately attracted to the home situated near the entrance to Riverside Park. They loved the character of the house, and as of 2010 have been working to restore it to look like a picture they found of the house from the 1930s.

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Contact Us

Gerard Sherayko

Department of History

Randolph College
2500 Rivermont Avenue
Lynchburg, VA 24503

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