{"nrhp_refnum":"13000338","name":"Rivermont Historic District (Boundary Increase)","other_names":["VDHR File # 118-0334"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"200 Boston Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lynchburg (Independent City)","county":"Lynchburg","state":"VA","lat":37.43605824900004,"lon":-79.16954944199995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2013-05-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large historic district of about 192 acres in northwestern Lynchburg, Virginia, centered on the 300-3400 blocks of Rivermont Avenue and Riverside Park. It was laid out by the Rivermont Land Company starting in 1890 as a planned streetcar suburb.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is Lynchburg's first planned streetcar community, mixing homes, shops, churches, schools and green space with a transportation line built into the design. It also holds a cohesive collection of late 19th and early 20th century buildings in nearly every major American style, many by leading Lynchburg architects, plus gardens by Charles Gillette.","narrative":"Rivermont is a hillside neighborhood in northwestern Lynchburg, bounded by the James River, Blackwater Creek and steep rises in elevation, with curving Rivermont Avenue as its spine. The Rivermont Land Company began platting it in 1890, setting lot sizes, uses, setbacks and minimum building costs through deed requirements. A streetcar line and the Rivermont Bridge over Blackwater Creek tied it to downtown. The district counts 384 resources, mostly buildings, including houses, apartments, churches, a fire station, schools, a college and a library. Styles range from Queen Anne frame mansions by Edward G. Frye to Georgian and Colonial Revival houses, Tudor Revival, Bungalow and International-style apartments. Randolph-Macon Woman's College, founded in 1891 on land donated by the company, anchors the area, and the Jones Memorial Library is another landmark. Its planned layout, architectural variety and good integrity underpin its listing for community development and design.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Edward G. Frye, Aubrey Chesterman, J.M.B. Lewis, Stanhope Johnson, Preston Craighill, Bennett Cardwell, Bryant Heard, Pendleton Clark, Everette Fauber, Walter Crowe, Ralph Adams Cram, William Poindexter, Penrose Stout; landscape architect Charles Gillette","architectural_style":"Queen Anne, Beaux Arts, Classical Revival, Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival, Spanish Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman, Tudor Revival, Italianate, Commercial Style, Romanesque Revival, Gothic Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Most resources are described as being in good or excellent condition, and the district as a whole retains good integrity; about 82% of resources are historic.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.609558-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/63/6817/41681763/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/03000224.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":null,"wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/lynchburg/rivermont-historic-district-boundary-increase-13000338/"}