Price-Turner House, Sixth & Clay Streets, Lynchburg, Lynchburg, Virginia

Significance: The Courthouse Hill/Downtown Historic District is located within the greater downtown area of

the City of Lynchburg, which was the major transportation, industrial, and commercial city on the James River in the lower Piedmont region of Virginia from the early 19" century through the mid-20th century. The 25-block district consists of Clay, Court, Church, and Main Streets between

the cross streets of Fifth through Thirteenth Streets. Ninth Street, originally called Water Street,is the most important cross street within the district. The area is situated on a promontory

overlooking the Lower Basin Historic District on the south bank of the James River. The buildings

within this district are a mixture of commercial, residential, religious, and governmental buildings.

The Price-Turner House is a two story, five bay brick residential building with a side gable roof, two interior end chimneys and three dormers with six-over-six sash windows. The facade is divided into bays by the windows and the porch. There are five sash windows on the second floor and four sash windows on the first. The porch is a one story, three bay frame porch with a hipped roof with

projecting cornice over an entablature with triglyphs. It has fluted Doric columns and a turned

balustrade on brick piers infilled with lattice work. The stairs are off to one side, not central.

Survey number: HABS VA-1094

Building/structure dates: 1814 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1831 Subsequent Work

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