Julian Price (November 25, 1867 – October 25, 1946)[citation needed] was an insurance executive who made his fortune in the first part of the twentieth century by developing the Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company.

[1] In 1919, Price bought the Greensboro Daily Record newspaper.

[citation needed] In 1929, Price hired the New York architect Charles C. Hartmann to build Hillside in the Fisher Park neighborhood.

The Fisher Park mansion would become Price's private residence.

[citation needed] Price's wife, Ethal, was a practicing Catholic, and when she died he paid for the construction of Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church in her honor.