314-316 Vine St

D.A. Bucher House, Ca. 1895

FrameContributes to the historic character of the district

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1895

18001850190019502000

From the National Register nomination

frame (German siding); 24 stories; hip roof with central projecting turret, flanked by 2 round-headed roof dormers; 3. bays; single-story full front porch with Tuscan columns (altered). High Victorian Eclectic influences. Bracketed cornice. Patterned slate roof. Finial on turret. Segmental-arched trim on second-story windows. 2 central entrances (house was converted to duplex in 1920s). Turret roof has dormer with round window and twin round-headed narrow window in second floor. 2/2 lights. Designed by local architect T.J. Collins for dentist D.A. Bucher.

People

D.A. Bucher owner (dentist)
T.J. Collins architect (local architect)

Style: High Victorian Eclectic
Stories: 2
Built of: frame
Exterior: German siding, Patterned slate roof
Roof: hip roof
Height: About 35 ft to the top of the roof; covers about 2,450 sq ft of ground (USGS lidar survey, 2020)

Notable features

central projecting turret
2 round-headed roof dormers
single-story full front porch with Tuscan columns (altered)
Bracketed cornice
Finial on turret
Segmental-arched trim on second-story windows
2 central entrances
Turret roof has dormer with round window and twin round-headed narrow window in second floor

Later changes

single-story full front porch with Tuscan columns (altered)
house was converted to duplex in 1920s
2/2 lights

Today

See it on Google Street View (opens Google Maps, where “See more dates” shows older photos)

Nearby

Similar

Nearby markers

Mary Baldwin College, I-17, 330 m
Dr. William Fleming, A-64, 430 m
Augusta County Courthouse, I-34, 470 m
Dr. Alexander Humphreys, A-63, 510 m
The Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind, Founded 1839, I-16, 630 m

Source: Gospel Hill Historic District National Register Nomination, page 67. Listed there as “314-316 Vine Street.”