Colorful Queen Anne in Virginia

This 2,310-square-foot house has three rooms and space for a bath downstairs, and four rooms and a potential bath upstairs. The third-floor attic offers the potential for at least 600 additional square feet of finished space. The hand-carved front doors are original, as are the windows, clapboards, and fishscale shingles.
Built by the prominent Madame Mae Talley as a home and music conservatory in 1890, the home changed hands eight times over the years before falling into disrepair.
The house’s distinctive Queen Anne embellishments make it one of the most architecturally notable in the city’s Old West End National Historical District, a neighborhood of late-19th- and early-20th-century homes built during Danville’s tobacco and textile boom. All six fireplaces remain, plus ornate woodwork, heart-pine floors, pocket doors, and mahogany windows.
The house awaits new systems, a new kitchen and bathrooms, plus fireplace and carpentry repairs. The porch and balcony were stabilized in 2019, when the metal roof and exterior were repaired and painted.
A previous owner stripped the interior walls¬—likely planning to add insulation and new wiring¬—so plaster or drywall is needed. A rear addition was removed, and the exterior boarded up for rebuilding. Restoration tax abatements are available from the city, and covenants apply. It’s an ambitious project but an inspiring one for an old-house enthusiast looking for a community of kindred spirits.

Details

Property ID
743639

3
Bedrooms

2
Bathrooms

Square Footage
2300

Lot Size
0.14

Year Built
1890

Style
Queen Anne

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