Only two owners ever have occupied this imposing Georgian Revival-style home. The house dates from 1933, when it was completed for Mr. and Mrs. Edwin B. Meade. The Meades moved from Marshall Terrace to Forest Hills during the depths of the Depression. Mr. Meade, a member of the law firm of Meade, Meade, & Talbott, commissioned the local architect Roger B. Davis to design this classic house. Its symmetrical five-bay main block of two stories is enhanced with an off-set two-story wing. The solarium on the right was adapted from the original side porch by the current owners, Dr. and Mi’s. Jack B. Spainhour, who purchased the house in 1988. Since then the Spainhours also have added a family room in a new rear wing, and revamped a small butler’s pantry, breakfast room and kitchen into an airy, large L-shaped kitchen.

Interior redecoration throughout is bright and spacious, furnished with stylish antique reproductions and antiques. Original art hangs throughout the house, including a number of pieces by accomplished local artists. The livingroom is graced with a classical revival mantel and hearth of polished Sienna marble, as well as a double-domed walnut secretary. Nearby, the family’s musical aptitude is evident in the grand piano, a handcrafted European instrument of singular beauty.

Christmas is a particularly special time in the Spainhour home, complete with a spectacular tree that occupies a place of honor in the foyer and soars past the curving stairwell. Over the years the Spainhours have collected handsome silver and crystal ornaments beginning with the birth of each of their three children. In the solarium, which is dominated by the family’s traditionally-styled billiard table, the Spainhours reserve an entire wall during the holidays for a ceramic snow village with lighted shops, homes, churches and quaint structures that evoke a nostalgic 19th-century townscape.