NEWS BRIEF: Old house built by civil rights activist saved from ruin
Luther Judson Price’s home gets renovated — on TV
A five-bedroom Victorian residence in Atlanta built around 1900 by civil rights activist Luther Judson Price is getting a new lease on life after an extensive renovation that was filmed for the PBS show This Old House. The two-story structure was abandoned decades ago and was in danger of collapsing, but was acquired in recent years by a local couple, Kysha and Johnathan Hehn, who saw its historical value and set about restoring the place. Their renovation will be shown in eight episodes scheduled to begin on Sep. 29.
Price was born enslaved on a Georgia plantation and graduated from Clark College; he served as a federally appointed postmaster, was executive secretary of a Masonic order and superintendent of the South Atlanta Methodist Episcopal Church, according to AP News. He narrowly escaped the violence of the 1906 race riot in downtown Atlanta. Details: wsls.com