Yesterday I wrote a post about the history of the Garland Hill Historic District. Garland Hill which goes into the rich history of this area. If you read it these next posts featuring some of these homes it will add more meaning to them. Va has a lot of rich history and this is some of it that is close by.
400 Madison Street
"The Watkins House"
The exterior is Queeen Anne while the interior is of many different styles. The home was recently renovated to its original grandeur. The house was built in 1898 by architect E.G. Frye for George Watkins, president of the Lynchburg Plow Company, later the Lynchburg Foundry Company. The Watkins family wanted a more elaborate house than its next door neighbor at 412 Madison Street, thus the economical frame construction outside and the more elaborate, expensive interior. The trellised east porch was later added to accommodate another second floor bathroom.
405 Madison Street
"The Gilliam House"
The house was built in 1913-1914 for $86,000 by architect Stanhope Johnson for James R. Gilliam, Sr., president of six Virginia banks, five coal and coke companies, and of the Lynchburg Shoe Company. Two frame homes originally standing here were demolished to make way for this imposing structure, the last of the great mansions built on Garland Hill. The conversion to apartments in 1959 ws made easier by the presence of the five original complete bathrooms in the house. The house was restored to a single family residence in 1990 and for several years was used as a bed and breakfast. The front door opens onto the 50 foot grand hall with soaring celings and cherry columns and wainscoting. The house won the Lynchburg Historical Foundation Award for exterior renovation in 1985.
412 Madison Street
"The Christian House"
Romanesque with Queen Anne details. Built in 1897 by architect E.G. Frye for Frank P. Christian, a judge of the Coporation Court, director of the First National Bank of Lynchburg, and simultaneously president of three spearate coal and coke companies. This house had the first coal stoker furnace in a private home in the city.
413 Madison Street
"The George Fleming Estate"
The George Fleming Estate, built circa 1880 by architect Robert C. Burkholder, is a combination of Italianate and modified Eastlake Vicrorian. The 16-room house retains most of its original floor plan, interior walnut fretwork, mantels of slate and its original turn-of-the-century bathroom fixtures with clawfoot tubs and china sinks. Note the stained glass peacock window in one of the front parlors and the cast iron porch. The house was selected in 1984 as the city's first downtown home on the Historic Virginia Garden Club Tour and won the Lynchburg Historical Foundation Merit Award for exterior renovation in 1985.
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