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- Grace_Arents abstract "Grace Evelyn Arents (1848 – June 20, 1926) was an heiress and philanthropist in Richmond, Virginia. She lived with her uncle Lewis Ginter, a tobacco business magnate and philanthropist, in the Ginter House in Richmond. When her uncle died in 1897 she inherited the equivalent of $20 million, which she used to transform Richmond.An elementary school for which she donated the land and $5,000 towards building costs was completed in 1911 and named in her honor. Since 1989 the site has housed Open High School (Virginia).Arents expanded and renovated the Lakeside Wheel Club, built by her uncle, turning it into a convalescent home for sick children. After it was supplanted by other facilities she turned the estate into a home and garden. She deeded it to her partner upon her death and then to the City of Richmond for a botanical garden. It is now the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden.Among the many institutions she supported are: St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church (Oregon Hill, Virginia) and its free school Grace Arents Free Library on Cherry Street in Oregon Hill at 224 South Cherry in Oregon Hill (William Byrd Community House) Grace Arents School (now Open High School (Virginia) Lewis Ginter Community Building for Ginter Park Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden St. Andrews School (Virginia) Instructional Visiting Nurse Association Playground at Clark Springs, one of Richmond's firstShe is buried in the Hollywood Cemetery (Richmond, Virginia) at a site that includes a sundial grave marker bordered by boxwoods near the mausoleum of her uncle.".
- Grace_Arents birthDate "1848".
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- Grace_Arents deathDate "1926-06-20".
- Grace_Arents deathYear "1926".
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- Grace_Arents dateOfBirth "1848".
- Grace_Arents dateOfDeath "1926-06-20".
- Grace_Arents name "Arents, Grace".
- Grace_Arents placeOfDeath "Lakeside, Henrico County, Virginia".
- Grace_Arents shortDescription "American philanthropist".
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- Grace_Arents comment "Grace Evelyn Arents (1848 – June 20, 1926) was an heiress and philanthropist in Richmond, Virginia. She lived with her uncle Lewis Ginter, a tobacco business magnate and philanthropist, in the Ginter House in Richmond. When her uncle died in 1897 she inherited the equivalent of $20 million, which she used to transform Richmond.An elementary school for which she donated the land and $5,000 towards building costs was completed in 1911 and named in her honor.".
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