I first published this photograph (above) of Monticello’s Jordan-Lanier House in 2015. It was a well-known landmark just off the square downtown, though I never learned much about its history. I was saddened to get a message from my friend Aubrey Newby yesterday, noting that it was lost to fire on 11 May. As you can see from Aubrey’s photograph (below), nothing survived but the chimneys and the columns which defined the house. I don’t know any details about the fire, but wanted to share this news.
Monticello Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Oh no! This is terrible. I have been in this house, one of my GSU professors owned it.
What sad news! It was certainly a majistic home and with a very stately presence.
That’s so sad. I loved driving by there.