George R. Price House
Columbia, United States
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Visible from the street; the inside is private.
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The George R. Price House is a two-story, L-shaped residence in Columbia, South Carolina, completed in 1939 and built with steel framing and masonry. Designed in the Streamline Moderne style, it features a flat roof, glass block windows, multiple porches, and a three-car garage. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998, the house gained local fame through owner Elaine Gillespie's tradition of displaying two decorative robots, named Freddie and Tobar, on the upstairs front porch during holidays—a custom that endured through subsequent owners and earned the home its popular nickname, "The Robot House."
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- Type
- single-family detached home
- Heritage
- National Register of Historic Places listed place
- Place
- Columbia, United States
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