Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
- Historically Known As: Lakeside Wheel Club
- Address: 1800 Lakeside Ave
- Vicinity: Hilliard Rd, N of Richmond
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1895/00/00 | Lewis Ginter | Owner | Lewis Ginter buys nine acres on Lakeside Lake and allows his colleagues in the Commonwealth and Westmoreland Clubs to build the Lakeside Wheel Club, a one-story structure to be used a gathering place for Richmond bicyclists. | |||
| 1911/00/00 | Grace Evelyn Arents | Benefactor | 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. | |||
| 1926/06/20 | Grace Evelyn Arents | Died | 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. |
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| Landscape Architecture | Botanical Gardens |
| Landscape Architecture | Garden |
| Sight Category | Site |
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