Grace Evelyn Arents

Y/M/D	Description	Association	Composition	Place	Locale	Food	Event
Y/M/D	Description	Association	Composition	Place	Locale	Food	Event
		Significant name		Oregon Hill Historic District	Richmond
1894/00/00	Grace Arents establishes St Andrew's School and the city's first free kindergarten to serve the working class neighborhood.	Benefactor		St Andrew's Church	Richmond
1897/11/00	Grace Arents inherits Ginter Mansion.	Home		Lewis Ginter House, Richmond	Richmond
1901/01/00	Building begins on St Andrew's. Grace Arents, the patron who selected architect A H Ellwood because of his reputation as a designer of Episcopal churches, serves as the contractor.	Benefactor		St Andrew's Church	Richmond
1911/00/00	Grace Arents, Lewis Ginter's niece, buys the abandoned Lakeside Wheel Club. She remodels the residence, adds a second story, and makes it a convalescent home for sick children from the city Richmond.	Benefactor		Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden	Lakeside, VA
1926/06/20	Grace Evelyn Arents dies at her home Bloemendaal Farm. Her will stipulates that after Smith's death, the city of Richmond is to develop the property as a botanical garden honoring Lewis Ginter. She is buried at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond.	Died		Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden	Lakeside, VA