Its builder was Julian Price, founder and president of Jefferson Life Insurance Company, at one time the thirteenth largest insurance company in America. The sprawling residence was designed by architect Charles C Hartmann, a New York architect who settled in Greensboro to become one of the state’s most prolific architects. The house was designed to evoke a rambling English Tudor home, complete wi
th rough stucco, herringbone brick, and false-half-timbered walls, massive brick chimneys with articulated flues and clay pots, and an asymmetrical massing that features gables, wall dormers, and a stair tower. The landscape is equally detailed, containing low stone retaining walls, serpentine flagstone walkways, and mature evergreen feature trees. This house has been proposed as the setting for a Designer Show House that will blend the architectural aesthetics of this grand home with the best practices in design. Nearby is High Point, the home of the International Home Furnishings Market and its biannual gathering of 70,000 professionals related to all levels of interior architectural design. Proceeds from the Show House will benefit Preservation Greensboro’s mission of Saving Our Community’s Treasured Places.
