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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.

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479 Rivermont Ave

Categories
  • Lower Rivermont
Address
479 Rivermont Ave
Property Name
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Date Built
1894
Architect
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Contractor
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Function
Multi-Family
Style & Architectural Description
Folk Victorian. 2-story, 3-bay gable-roofed frame house with projecting cross gable. This bay has a lunette window and saw-toothed front edge. 1-story, 2-bay porch has turned posts with brackets and spindle cornice. Most sashes are 2/2. Modified to apartments in 1941.
Owners
  • 1894-1940 Unknown
  • 1940-1941 T. H. Irving
  • 1941-1961 Elizabeth Thornhill
  • 1961-1967 J. T. Thornhill Jr.
  • 1967-1972 Charlie D. & Fredda R. Nash
  • 1972-1973 James A. & Robert Williams
  • 1973-1974 James A. Williams
  • 1974-2016 William H. Crank
  • 2016-Present Across the Bridge LLC
Anecdotal Information
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Gerard Sherayko

Department of History

Randolph College
2500 Rivermont Avenue
Lynchburg, VA 24503

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