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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

2470 Rivermont Ave

Categories
  • Upper Rivermont
Address
2470
Property Name
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Date Built
1910
Architect
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Contractor
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Function
Single Family
Style & Architectural Description
Transition Queen Anne/Colonial Revival. 2-story, 2-bay frame house with complex hipped roof and projecting gable-roofed bays on south and east. Front (south) bay is polygonal. Wraparound porch has Doric columns and turned balusters. Windows have 1/1 sash.
Owners
  • 1910-1919 Unknown
  • 1919-1947 F. J. Phelps
  • 1947-1957 D. R. Phelps
  • 1957-1964 Florence J. Phelps
  • 1964-1970 Louise C. Schirmancher 
  • 1970 Lester W. Thurman
  • 1970-2007 Randolph-Macon Woman's College
  • 2007-2019 Randolph College
  • 2019-Present Christopher and Justine Button 
Anecdotal Information
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Contact Us

Gerard Sherayko

Department of History

Randolph College
2500 Rivermont Avenue
Lynchburg, VA 24503

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