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Investigation: Carriage House Inn Location: Lynchburg, Virginia Date of Investigation: August 24, 2009 Investigators Present: Amy Scott - Robin Durham - Tina Hansen - David Hansen Evidence: Captured evps - unexplainable photos / Status: Active History Located
in historic Daniels Hill this 1878 Italianate mansion has been
authentically restored to its original grandeur. As you drive through
the brick and iron front gate imagine visitors exiting their horse-drawn
carriages under the porte-cohere, being welcomed in the grand foyer and
entertained in the formal front parlor. Not
only is this home the largest and finest Italianate mansion in the
Daniels Hill Historic District it is the largest Italianate home in the
city of Lynchburg. In the spring of 1875, Richard Thomas Watts
purchased the two lots on Daniels Hill for the sum of $2,150.00, onto
which he erected his residence which took more than two years to
construct. The
original main brick mass of the house was trimmed with three frame
polygonal bay windows and with two small porches adorning the Cabell
Street façade. Six outbuildings dotted the property, with two large
frame structures fronting D Street. By 1902, two of the small
outbuildings had been demolished, and one of the buildings on D Street
was identified as a carriage house. More significantly, the Cabell
Street façade of the main house had been renovated, and the Queen Anne
porch features that can be seen on the house today had been added. This
fine home is of the Italianate style as it resembles a Renaissance
villa appropriate for a residence in a city. Predominately a rectangle
both exterior and interior walls are constructed of three courses of
brick. A compact, symmetrical floor plan features a sweeping staircase
in the entry foyer. Rounded romanesque arches frame windows and doors.
Pediments, scrolled brackets, pilasters, overhanging eaves and pillars
were common on Italianate homes. Queen Victoria adopted this style of
home for her residence on the Isle of Wright-Osborne House. The above credit goes to /www.thecarriagehouseinnbandb.com Claims No claims that I am aware of. Investigation
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