Penn-Wyatt House, Danville, Va 22
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This is the Penn-Wyatt House (sometimes called the Hoffman House) on Millionaire’s Row in Danville, Virginia, originally built by James Gabriel Penn in 1876; it underwent various modifications, 1887-1903. Penn was a tobacco commission merchant. He died in 1907, but his widow ultimately couldn’t afford to maintain the house. in 1934 it was sold at public auction to Landon R. Wyatt and then sold again in 1977 to Dr. Allan A Hoffman. In 2012 it was owned by “the bank” and was for sale—the purchase price I was told was $250,000. Much work on the exterior and interior had been done, presumably more than the 2012 selling price. I don’t know its current status. It’s an eclectic Victorian structure with the monumentality of the Second Empire and the detailing of the Italianate style. It is brick, covered with scored stucco; it has a mansard roof tower and multi-gable roofs. There are at least 25 rooms with many stained glass windows, displaying a wide range of styles used for domestic architecture (as opposed to ecclesiastical and commercial). The following images show some of the domestic stained-glass in this home—thee domestic use of stained-glass is always dealt with separately from the structure in these photos.
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Three main divisions articulate the front façade, all separated by a system of quoining. Aesthetically it offers up a raised contrasts with the smooth stucco surfaces. To the left is a 2-story bay window with a parapeted roof with wrought-iron cresting and a tripartite rounded-arch window in the heavily bracketed attic gable. 1/1 hung sash windows are used throughout this bay projection. Also characteristic of windows throughout the home (except for the back portion) are the rounded-arch hood molds. The entrance tower is centrally positioned and separated from the sections to both right and left by prominent use of quoins. The entry is a double door with leaded glass in a geometric abstract design, a leaded glass transom and long single pane sidelights, each with an understated recessed panel at the base. The second level of the tower displays a pair of leaded stained-glass windows with a single round arch hood mold. The third story has a set of 1/1 hung sash windows with the ever-present hood molds. Above that is a single small circular window with hood mold. The tower roof is bell-cast mansard and is capped with cresting. The third division of the front façade is accentuated by the quoining. The door from the porch to the interior in this section is a large Colonial Revival entry with a large fanlight with sunburst design and a rounded-arch hood mold over all. The sidelights are less elaborate than the primary entrance but are unusually wide leaded glass. The second-story in this façade-division has a pair of 1/1 hung sash windows with a single round-arch hood mold. The 3rd level, with the major exception of no bay roof is similar to the gable are on the left. The roof of the house is slate and consists of shingles of different colors and shapes. The wraparound porch is supported by wooden Ionic columns on a stone plinth railing, the stone balusters being carved. The pedimented entrance has low-relief carving in the tympanum. The pediment itself is bracketed but not with the dominant design used throughout much of the building; a row of dentils below the pedimented roof brackets is a nice ornamental detail. The porch itself has a couple of tile patterns—one just at the front entry and the other at a porch entrance to the right side. In front of this porch section is a two-tiered circular detached porch with red shingles on the conical roof and with a wrought-iron finial. The house is impressive; the angularity of gables is counterbalanced by the circular detached porch and the rounded roof line of the porch roof; the upper level is fascinating with the dark-striped brackets and the large quantity of cresting on the roof. And all parts seem to cohesively form an aesthetic whole. Now that I’ve worked up a description, there are architectural elements I unfortunately overlooked when I photographed the structure in September 2011. The Penn-Wyatt House is within the boundary of the Danville Historic District, but it was listed individually on the Nation Register of Historic Places September 7, 1979 ID number 79003317
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Penn-Wyatt House, Danville, Va 22
[There are 27 detailed images in this set] This is a creative commons image, which you may freely use by linking to this page. Please respect the photographer and his work.
This is the Penn-Wyatt House (sometimes called the Hoffman House) on Millionaire’s Row in Danville, Virginia, originally built by James Gabriel Penn in 1876; it underwent various modifications, 1887-1903. Penn was a tobacco commission merchant. He died in 1907, but his widow ultimately couldn’t afford to maintain the house. in 1934 it was sold at public auction to Landon R. Wyatt and then sold again in 1977 to Dr. Allan A Hoffman. In 2012 it was owned by “the bank” and was for sale—the purchase price I was told was $250,000. Much work on the exterior and interior had been done, presumably more than the 2012 selling price. I don’t know its current status. It’s an eclectic Victorian structure with the monumentality of the Second Empire and the detailing of the Italianate style. It is brick, covered with scored stucco; it has a mansard roof tower and multi-gable roofs. There are at least 25 rooms with many stained glass windows, displaying a wide range of styles used for domestic architecture (as opposed to ecclesiastical and commercial). The following images show some of the domestic stained-glass in this home—thee domestic use of stained-glass is always dealt with separately from the structure in these photos.
www.flickr.com/photos/universalpops/8113669953
www.flickr.com/photos/universalpops/8113670257
www.flickr.com/photos/universalpops/8113669675
www.flickr.com/photos/universalpops/8113678152
www.flickr.com/photos/universalpops/8113669487
Three main divisions articulate the front façade, all separated by a system of quoining. Aesthetically it offers up a raised contrasts with the smooth stucco surfaces. To the left is a 2-story bay window with a parapeted roof with wrought-iron cresting and a tripartite rounded-arch window in the heavily bracketed attic gable. 1/1 hung sash windows are used throughout this bay projection. Also characteristic of windows throughout the home (except for the back portion) are the rounded-arch hood molds. The entrance tower is centrally positioned and separated from the sections to both right and left by prominent use of quoins. The entry is a double door with leaded glass in a geometric abstract design, a leaded glass transom and long single pane sidelights, each with an understated recessed panel at the base. The second level of the tower displays a pair of leaded stained-glass windows with a single round arch hood mold. The third story has a set of 1/1 hung sash windows with the ever-present hood molds. Above that is a single small circular window with hood mold. The tower roof is bell-cast mansard and is capped with cresting. The third division of the front façade is accentuated by the quoining. The door from the porch to the interior in this section is a large Colonial Revival entry with a large fanlight with sunburst design and a rounded-arch hood mold over all. The sidelights are less elaborate than the primary entrance but are unusually wide leaded glass. The second-story in this façade-division has a pair of 1/1 hung sash windows with a single round-arch hood mold. The 3rd level, with the major exception of no bay roof is similar to the gable are on the left. The roof of the house is slate and consists of shingles of different colors and shapes. The wraparound porch is supported by wooden Ionic columns on a stone plinth railing, the stone balusters being carved. The pedimented entrance has low-relief carving in the tympanum. The pediment itself is bracketed but not with the dominant design used throughout much of the building; a row of dentils below the pedimented roof brackets is a nice ornamental detail. The porch itself has a couple of tile patterns—one just at the front entry and the other at a porch entrance to the right side. In front of this porch section is a two-tiered circular detached porch with red shingles on the conical roof and with a wrought-iron finial. The house is impressive; the angularity of gables is counterbalanced by the circular detached porch and the rounded roof line of the porch roof; the upper level is fascinating with the dark-striped brackets and the large quantity of cresting on the roof. And all parts seem to cohesively form an aesthetic whole. Now that I’ve worked up a description, there are architectural elements I unfortunately overlooked when I photographed the structure in September 2011. The Penn-Wyatt House is within the boundary of the Danville Historic District, but it was listed individually on the Nation Register of Historic Places September 7, 1979 ID number 79003317
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