This beautiful Eastlake-style Victorian house sits at 209 E. 10th St., just a few blocks down from my house. I just finished reading the most amazing book that details the lives of the first owners of this house. The original owner, Mr. Price, was a founding attorney in the law firm of Makemson, Fisher & Price. Mr. Price and his wife had six children who grew up in this house. One of them, Early Price, saved all the letters that were written to her by her family and her many suitors. Early's granddaughter, Louise Walsh, has recently finished compiling a book that contains all these letters, as well as many photographs and memorabilia from the early 1900s that relate to the Price family.
To read more about Louise Walsh and her book, visit http://www.southwestern.edu/newsroom/story.php?id=1418
Louise tells me that this house was originally dark green trimmed with cream and red accents. It stayed in the Price family until the 1950s, and has had many owners since. The current owner(s) live outside Georgetown and do not live in the house. They had let the yard get so overgrown that the neighbor across the street had to complain about it to code enforcement. Finally a few weeks ago the weeds and brush got cleared and we can once again see this beautiful house. One thing that had been hidden under all the weeds is a concrete slab that says "PRICE." It's a fascinating reminder about how much history all these old houses in Georgetown have.
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