The colonial-style house at 213 Ampthill Road was listed at $3.59 million. (Images courtesy CVRMLS)
Three listings above the $3 million mark hit the market in recent weeks on the north side of the river, one of them the former residence of Richmond’s “father of the riverfront.”
In the West End’s Paxton neighborhood, the 7,600-square-foot house at 213 Ampthill Road was put up for sale Feb. 17 with an asking price of $3.59 million.
The three-story colonial overlooking the river was the home of the late Brenton and Lindsay Halsey, who had owned it since the early 1980s. Brent Halsey was CEO and co-founder of paper and packaging manufacturer James River Corp., which was sold to Georgia-Pacific in 2000.
The Ampthill house is perched beside the river across from Williams Island.
Halsey also chaired Richmond Renaissance, now Venture Richmond, and led efforts to revitalize the downtown riverfront as founding chair of the Richmond Riverfront Development Corp., which merged into Venture Richmond and spearheaded development of the Canal Walk and related amenities.
A portion of what’s now the Potterfield Bridge was dedicated to Halsey, and an honorary plaque with his image is posted on the city side of the Fifth Street footbridge leading to Brown’s Island. For his efforts, Venture Richmond’s Jack Berry dubbed Halsey “father of the riverfront,” according to news reports.
Melanie Crittenden
Co-listing the house are Melanie Crittenden, a daughter of the Halseys, and Susan Jones, also an agent at The Steele Group | Sotheby’s International Realty.
Crittenden said they received a lot of interest in the listing since showings started Wednesday. The house was put under contract Saturday.
“We’ve gotten a lot of enthusiasm,” Crittenden said. “It is unique when a property comes on the market on the river that has a pretty river view. There are just not many of them that are right in the city.”
Noting her father’s interest and involvement in the river, she added, “The river was a big theme in his life. My parents really did enjoy being right on the river. It’s always been something that has been front and center in their lives.”
Crittenden said the highlight of the house is the rear sunroom with views of the river and Williams Island. She said those views and the location on a 2½-acre lot factored into the asking price.
“We looked at the comps and determined that price based on the land and the view. The view was difficult to put a price on,” she said.
The rear brick terrace and sunroom overlook the river.
Built in 1939, the house totals six bedrooms, six bathrooms and two half-baths, with four fireplaces, a library, and lower level with rec rooms. A separate guest suite is connected by a screened breezeway, and the property includes a circular driveway, two-car garage and brick rear terrace.
The house was last purchased in 1983 for $586,800, property records show. The city has assessed the property at $2.62 million.
A couple miles upriver, a similar-sized house in Henrico’s Mooreland Landing neighborhood hit the market last Monday with a $3.18 million price tag.
The house at 9105 Windover Court is accented with front and back copper-topped rotundas.
The 7,500-square-foot house at 9105 Windover Court is listed by Bonnie Beth Bedell, also with Steele Group | SIR, for sellers Fred and Claudia Itzkowitz. Fred Itzkowitz is the former president of Straus Itzkowitz & LeCompte Insurance, which was acquired by TowneBank in 2019.
Built in 1995, the house was previously owned by local developer Hank Wilton, who sold it to the Itzkowitzes three years later for $775,000, property records show. Bedell said the house has been updated since then. The property was assessed by Henrico County this year at $1.7 million.
Bonnie Beth Bedell
“It looks like newer construction, but it was built in ’95 and it’s been lovingly maintained for that long,” Bedell said. “The sellers were hesitant to leave.”
She said the Itzkowitzes are relocating locally with plans to eventually move to the coast.
Designed by local architect Bob Steele, the three-story house is accented by front and rear copper-topped rotundas, four chimneys and a horseshoe drive. It totals six bedrooms, five bathrooms and two half-baths and has gas fireplaces, a three-car garage, a pool and hot tub, guest suite, and a finished walkout basement with rec room, wet bar, wine cellar and gym.
The house also shares Mooreland Landing’s private access to 120 acres between the neighborhood and the river, with walking trails, a boat ramp and other community amenities. Bedell said those amenities and the neighborhood’s location and proximity to schools have been a draw for both local and out-of-town prospective buyers since showings started Thursday.
“I’m not sure who our buyer will be. It could be a family looking for the amenities in that school district, but it could also be an out-of-towner,” Bedell said.
The two-story great room and rotundas bring natural light into the home.
“It has a two-story great room in the heart of the house, but between the two rotundas, the natural light is exquisite It gets sun all day long,” she said. “Between the architecture and the natural light, it’s a happy house. It’s an entertaining house for friends or for family.”
Bedell said she’s been using social media to market the house on top of the Sotheby’s platforms available to her through Steele Group. She said the price tag was determined based on comparable sales in the area, including a nearby home at 640 Walsing Drive that sold in August for $3.1 million.
“We’re priced within the market for what has sold in the area,” she said.
The property includes a pool and hot tub.
And over the weekend in nearby Mooreland Farms, the 5,700-square-foot house at 204 S. Mooreland Road hit the market at $3.15 million.
Steele Group | SIR’s Meg Grymes has that listing, representing sellers John and Susan Steitz, who bought the house in 2019 for $1.27 million. John Steitz is president and CEO of manufacturing firm Tredegar Corp.
Totaling six bedrooms and five bathrooms, the house was built in 1989 and renovated in 2021 by Mako Builders, interior designer Suellen Gregory and landscape architect Marcia Fryer. It has a first-floor primary suite with a steam shower, and the half-acre property includes a heated saltwater pool and circular drive.
The Mooreland Farms house includes a heated saltwater pool.
The listings follow last month’s $3.9 million sale of 13299 Beckford Lane, an 11,400-square-foot house on 6 acres in Goochland’s Rivergate community. In October, Rivergate’s 18-acre centerpiece, the former Sharp family estate, sold for $8.7 million in 2023’s biggest residential deal.
The colonial-style house at 213 Ampthill Road was listed at $3.59 million. (Images courtesy CVRMLS)
Three listings above the $3 million mark hit the market in recent weeks on the north side of the river, one of them the former residence of Richmond’s “father of the riverfront.”
In the West End’s Paxton neighborhood, the 7,600-square-foot house at 213 Ampthill Road was put up for sale Feb. 17 with an asking price of $3.59 million.
The three-story colonial overlooking the river was the home of the late Brenton and Lindsay Halsey, who had owned it since the early 1980s. Brent Halsey was CEO and co-founder of paper and packaging manufacturer James River Corp., which was sold to Georgia-Pacific in 2000.
The Ampthill house is perched beside the river across from Williams Island.
Halsey also chaired Richmond Renaissance, now Venture Richmond, and led efforts to revitalize the downtown riverfront as founding chair of the Richmond Riverfront Development Corp., which merged into Venture Richmond and spearheaded development of the Canal Walk and related amenities.
A portion of what’s now the Potterfield Bridge was dedicated to Halsey, and an honorary plaque with his image is posted on the city side of the Fifth Street footbridge leading to Brown’s Island. For his efforts, Venture Richmond’s Jack Berry dubbed Halsey “father of the riverfront,” according to news reports.
Melanie Crittenden
Co-listing the house are Melanie Crittenden, a daughter of the Halseys, and Susan Jones, also an agent at The Steele Group | Sotheby’s International Realty.
Crittenden said they received a lot of interest in the listing since showings started Wednesday. The house was put under contract Saturday.
“We’ve gotten a lot of enthusiasm,” Crittenden said. “It is unique when a property comes on the market on the river that has a pretty river view. There are just not many of them that are right in the city.”
Noting her father’s interest and involvement in the river, she added, “The river was a big theme in his life. My parents really did enjoy being right on the river. It’s always been something that has been front and center in their lives.”
Crittenden said the highlight of the house is the rear sunroom with views of the river and Williams Island. She said those views and the location on a 2½-acre lot factored into the asking price.
“We looked at the comps and determined that price based on the land and the view. The view was difficult to put a price on,” she said.
The rear brick terrace and sunroom overlook the river.
Built in 1939, the house totals six bedrooms, six bathrooms and two half-baths, with four fireplaces, a library, and lower level with rec rooms. A separate guest suite is connected by a screened breezeway, and the property includes a circular driveway, two-car garage and brick rear terrace.
The house was last purchased in 1983 for $586,800, property records show. The city has assessed the property at $2.62 million.
A couple miles upriver, a similar-sized house in Henrico’s Mooreland Landing neighborhood hit the market last Monday with a $3.18 million price tag.
The house at 9105 Windover Court is accented with front and back copper-topped rotundas.
The 7,500-square-foot house at 9105 Windover Court is listed by Bonnie Beth Bedell, also with Steele Group | SIR, for sellers Fred and Claudia Itzkowitz. Fred Itzkowitz is the former president of Straus Itzkowitz & LeCompte Insurance, which was acquired by TowneBank in 2019.
Built in 1995, the house was previously owned by local developer Hank Wilton, who sold it to the Itzkowitzes three years later for $775,000, property records show. Bedell said the house has been updated since then. The property was assessed by Henrico County this year at $1.7 million.
Bonnie Beth Bedell
“It looks like newer construction, but it was built in ’95 and it’s been lovingly maintained for that long,” Bedell said. “The sellers were hesitant to leave.”
She said the Itzkowitzes are relocating locally with plans to eventually move to the coast.
Designed by local architect Bob Steele, the three-story house is accented by front and rear copper-topped rotundas, four chimneys and a horseshoe drive. It totals six bedrooms, five bathrooms and two half-baths and has gas fireplaces, a three-car garage, a pool and hot tub, guest suite, and a finished walkout basement with rec room, wet bar, wine cellar and gym.
The house also shares Mooreland Landing’s private access to 120 acres between the neighborhood and the river, with walking trails, a boat ramp and other community amenities. Bedell said those amenities and the neighborhood’s location and proximity to schools have been a draw for both local and out-of-town prospective buyers since showings started Thursday.
“I’m not sure who our buyer will be. It could be a family looking for the amenities in that school district, but it could also be an out-of-towner,” Bedell said.
The two-story great room and rotundas bring natural light into the home.
“It has a two-story great room in the heart of the house, but between the two rotundas, the natural light is exquisite It gets sun all day long,” she said. “Between the architecture and the natural light, it’s a happy house. It’s an entertaining house for friends or for family.”
Bedell said she’s been using social media to market the house on top of the Sotheby’s platforms available to her through Steele Group. She said the price tag was determined based on comparable sales in the area, including a nearby home at 640 Walsing Drive that sold in August for $3.1 million.
“We’re priced within the market for what has sold in the area,” she said.
The property includes a pool and hot tub.
And over the weekend in nearby Mooreland Farms, the 5,700-square-foot house at 204 S. Mooreland Road hit the market at $3.15 million.
Steele Group | SIR’s Meg Grymes has that listing, representing sellers John and Susan Steitz, who bought the house in 2019 for $1.27 million. John Steitz is president and CEO of manufacturing firm Tredegar Corp.
Totaling six bedrooms and five bathrooms, the house was built in 1989 and renovated in 2021 by Mako Builders, interior designer Suellen Gregory and landscape architect Marcia Fryer. It has a first-floor primary suite with a steam shower, and the half-acre property includes a heated saltwater pool and circular drive.
The Mooreland Farms house includes a heated saltwater pool.
The listings follow last month’s $3.9 million sale of 13299 Beckford Lane, an 11,400-square-foot house on 6 acres in Goochland’s Rivergate community. In October, Rivergate’s 18-acre centerpiece, the former Sharp family estate, sold for $8.7 million in 2023’s biggest residential deal.