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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.

Tour Properties

2936 Rivermont Ave

Categories
  • Upper Rivermont
Address
2936
Property Name
Volney E. Howard House
Date Built
1904
Architect
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Contractor
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Function
Multi-Family
Style & Architectural Description
Colonial Revival. 2 1/2-story, 3-bay double-pile dwelling with two interior chimneys and two gable-roofed dormers. Gable-roofed entrance portico features Roman Doric columns, pendant cornice, and circle-in-square motif in the entablature. A fanlight is located above the door. 1-story,2-bay gable-roofed wing added to north side of building and a 2-story porch was added to the east side. Modified to duplex.
Owners
  • Unknown-1938 Ethel C. Haythe
  • 1938-1959 Lois H. Scott
  • 1959-1979 Mary D. Ward & Etals
  • 1979-1992 Mary D. Ward & Etals
  • 1992-Unknown Virginia Ward
  • Unknown-2002 Natalie Ward F.O.
  • 2002-2014 A. Lynch Ward III Life Estate
  • 2014-2017 Nathalie Heppner 
  • 2017-Present Anthony Robinson 
Anecdotal Information
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Gerard Sherayko

Department of History

Randolph College
2500 Rivermont Avenue
Lynchburg, VA 24503

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