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Thursday, December 13, 2012

Price House

Main Street, Fincastle, Va


The Price House, circa 1870, is Victorian architecture with 11 foot ceilings on the first floor and 16 foot ceilings on the second floor. The bay windows, cupola, ornate wrought iron over the windows (now painted) and upper and lower porches were added by Ewell Brugh's young wife, who came from New Orleans. The multi-storied bay window was featured in a painting by Salem artist Walter Biggs and it appeared on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post.

Why on earth would someone want to paint wrought iron?

15 comments:

  1. That's a beautiful house! I've never heard of wrought iron being painted. Seems like it would ruin the look.

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  2. 16 foot ceilings???? On the second floor???? Wow! Those are some HIGH ceilings!!! I wonder if that was to keep it cooler since heat rises and being the second floor, the heat would rise from the first. Gotta' be a reason....

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  3. It's beautiful and again, your photo gives it such a lovely timeless quality!

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  4. Your photo leads us straight to the front door, amazing sounding place. Those ceilings are something else!

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  5. I'd like to sit on the second floor balcony sipping a sweet tea.

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  6. I love the old-timey look. What a gorgeous house!

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  7. i can't imagine how cold the floors must get with those high ceilings!

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  8. What a beautiful house! Put me down for tea on that balcony!

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  9. What a grand house! I don't know why anyone would paint wrought iron. I would love to see the inside.

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  10. A fine looking old house. I too can't imagine why anyone would paint the wrought iron.
    An excellent shot.

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  11. I've enjoyed your Fincastle photos. I think some very distant ancestors lived in Fincastle. I'll have to look that up. And, to answer your question, I have NO idea why anyone would paint wrought iron either!

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  12. That is such a beautiful house. Like what you have done with your editing. Stylish!

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  13. Really gorgeous! Love such testaments to another age especially when they are well preserved!

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