306 Rivermont Ave
Categories
- Lower Rivermont
- Business
Address
306 Rivermont Ave
Property Name
Rivermont Oil and Supply Company, Inc. Filling Station
Date Built
1926
Architect
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Contractor
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Function
Business
Style & Architectural Description
Other. 1-story, 3-bay flat-roofed, stuccoed-brick gas station from the 1930s. Porte-cochere drive-through is on the south side. The garage door was bricked in. There is no longer evidence of gas pumps or other gas station features. Addition to side in 1940.
Owners
- 1926-1929 Rivermont Oil and Supply Company, Inc.
- 1930-1952 Continental Oil Company
- 1952-1966 Stokley Realty Corporation
- 1966-1971 Coy & Elva Bowling OR William H. & Patricia C. Crank (records unclear on ownership during these years)
- 1971-1976 Reginald Q. & Augusta S. Phelps
- 1976-2007 Sea Boy Inc.
- 2007-2014 L&R LLC
- 2014-2017 306 Rivermont LLC
- 2017-2018 L&R LLC
- 2018-Present Daryl W. & Johanna Calfee
Anecdotal Information
This building has housed a variety of businesses over the years, though in its first decades it served as a gas station (or, to use the terminology of when it was built, filling station). According to the Lynchburg City Directory, the following gas stations were located at 306 Rivermont: from 1927-1929 Rivermont Oil and Supply Company, Inc., from 1930-1936 Continental Oil Company, in 1937 William E. Martin, in 1938 Knowles & Williams, from 1939-1942 and again from 1946-1948 Claude B. Knowles, from 1942-1943 Strange & Sprouse, in 1949 Rivermont Conoco Station, and from 1950-1960 Rivermont Cities Service Station. The building then switched purposes from 1962-1964, serving as Virginia Laundry Co. Inc. Returning to its original purpose, from 1967-1970 it was Rivermont Sinclair Service Station, in 1971 Rivermont BP Service Station, ad then from 1974-1976 Reginald Q. & Augustus S. Phelps, car repair. From 1976-2007 it was Sea Boy Incorporated, seafood store
and from 2008-2014, Aquarium. The building stood empty for several years but its new owners, Daryl W. & Johanna Calfee, have excitng plans for the building.
