Graymont is a historic mansion in
Richmond, Virginia
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History
The Graymont mansion was built in 1902 by tobacco businessman and attorney Archibald W. Patterson.
The house, which is 7,000 square feet, is located on Cary Street in the Wilton neighborhood, near the
Carytown district.
[ The mansion was the childhood home of socialites Dabney Mercer and ]Tinsley Mortimer
Tinsley Randolph Mortimer (née Mercer; born August 11, 1975) is an American socialite and television personality. She is known for starring in the reality television series ''High Society'' and ''The Real Housewives of New York City''.
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. In the 1990s the home was the source of a feud between two prominent Richmond families, the Mercers and the Gottwalds.[ A previous owner of Graymont, George R. Mercer II, was sued in 1994 by Bruce C. Gottwald II, who accused him of failing to disclose defects with the house at the time of the sale.][ The families eventually settled out of court. Gottwald then sold the house to Paul Mahefky, who spent two years renovating the house before selling it to David and Lucy Trebour.][
In 2003 it was featured at Richmond's Historic Garden Week.]
References
Houses completed in 1902
Houses in Richmond, Virginia
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