The home at 5227 Cary Street Road is up for sale. Photos courtesy of CVRMLS.
A sizeable house that was recently put on the market in the Near West End has two notable Richmond names attached to its history.
The 5,600-square-foot home at 5227 Cary Street Road was listed April 24 for $1.72 million. It is currently owned by Leslie Holt Jefferson, the ex-wife of notorious local landlord Billy Jefferson. For decades before that, it was the home of Edward and Elizabeth Hirschler, Edward the co-founder of the Hirschler Fleischer law firm.
The home’s kitchen includes gas appliances and was recently renovated.
Built in 1954, the three-level brick house includes five bedrooms and 4½ bathrooms. It sits on a 0.75-acre lot between Paxton and Ampthill roads, one of the many multimillion-dollar homes that line Cary Street Road to the east of the Country Club of Virginia.
A description on the listing says the house underwent a three-year renovation. Features include marble baths, formal gardens and a pool, as well as a two-car garage, a finished basement and an elevator.
Kim Gentil of The Gentil Co. is the listing agent.
Holt Jefferson purchased the property in 2011 for $950,000, according to city records. It was most recently assessed at $1.09 million.
The living room includes one of the home’s three fireplaces.
She bought the house after building an 8,000-square-foot mansion on Monument Avenue with her then-husband. That house was sold late last year, months after Billy Jefferson was sentenced to 20 years in prison for a multimillion-dollar historic tax credit fraud.
Prior to Holt Jefferson’s ownership, the house had been in a Hirschler family trust since the death of Elizabeth Hirschler, who died in 2009 at the age of 93. Edward Hirschler, who died in 1998, founded Hirschler Fleischer with fellow World War II veteran Alan Fleischer, who likewise settled in Richmond after marrying a local woman, according to a history on the firm’s website.
Rich Duke, executive director of the law firm, said a colleague of Hirschler recalled visiting his home “vividly and frequently” for various firm events. The Hirschlers lived in the house since at least 1973, the earliest transfer date available in the city’s online property records. Duke said the colleague did not think the Hirschlers were the home’s original owners.
The home at 5227 Cary Street Road is up for sale. Photos courtesy of CVRMLS.
A sizeable house that was recently put on the market in the Near West End has two notable Richmond names attached to its history.
The 5,600-square-foot home at 5227 Cary Street Road was listed April 24 for $1.72 million. It is currently owned by Leslie Holt Jefferson, the ex-wife of notorious local landlord Billy Jefferson. For decades before that, it was the home of Edward and Elizabeth Hirschler, Edward the co-founder of the Hirschler Fleischer law firm.
The home’s kitchen includes gas appliances and was recently renovated.
Built in 1954, the three-level brick house includes five bedrooms and 4½ bathrooms. It sits on a 0.75-acre lot between Paxton and Ampthill roads, one of the many multimillion-dollar homes that line Cary Street Road to the east of the Country Club of Virginia.
A description on the listing says the house underwent a three-year renovation. Features include marble baths, formal gardens and a pool, as well as a two-car garage, a finished basement and an elevator.
Kim Gentil of The Gentil Co. is the listing agent.
Holt Jefferson purchased the property in 2011 for $950,000, according to city records. It was most recently assessed at $1.09 million.
The living room includes one of the home’s three fireplaces.
She bought the house after building an 8,000-square-foot mansion on Monument Avenue with her then-husband. That house was sold late last year, months after Billy Jefferson was sentenced to 20 years in prison for a multimillion-dollar historic tax credit fraud.
Prior to Holt Jefferson’s ownership, the house had been in a Hirschler family trust since the death of Elizabeth Hirschler, who died in 2009 at the age of 93. Edward Hirschler, who died in 1998, founded Hirschler Fleischer with fellow World War II veteran Alan Fleischer, who likewise settled in Richmond after marrying a local woman, according to a history on the firm’s website.
Rich Duke, executive director of the law firm, said a colleague of Hirschler recalled visiting his home “vividly and frequently” for various firm events. The Hirschlers lived in the house since at least 1973, the earliest transfer date available in the city’s online property records. Duke said the colleague did not think the Hirschlers were the home’s original owners.