Cool historic home site
It's 1 am. I should be sleeping now, but I've been sick and slept all day so here I am now wide awake.*sigh* Anyway, I found this neat site that lists historic homes for sale across the country. There are lots of photos of homes that have already been restored *or* are in need of restoration. If any of you are like me, you like to look at homes whether or not your intention is to buy.
Here is the link, followed by another link to one of the houses on there that I found intriguing...it was built in 1895, hasn't been inhabited for 60 years, it's massive and needs a t o n of work. Be sure to click on the "additional photos" link on that page. The first photo I posted here was the home in all it's grandeur in 1895...below is the house in it's current state..*sniff*
HistoricProperties.com
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OH MY GOSH! That place could be so incredibly wonderful. Imagine buying it and making a B & B. It would be an instant hit because of the location near the water. Truly amazing. I wonder why on earth it was allowed to decay for 60 years. Very sad. Just seeing the sky through the roof is a downer. Thanks for the link!
I love that site, too. It always makes me wish I was rich so I could buy and fix up old houses all over the country. Alas, I am not rich, so I must content myself with the one house. :)
Wow! What a house. It's hard to believe they are the same place. Like Kristin, a dream of mine is to buy filthy stinking rich and be able to buy and restore old homes.
Patricia, that's such a good idea about the B & B...they would stay booked solid. I know *I* would want to stay there! Did you notice in the original picture the man standing at the entrance of the house? I wonder if that's the ownder? And if so, I wonder how he'd feel about the state of his house today:(
Kristin and Greg, me too:( It's not about the physical end product of a nice house, but just knowing that you've saved an old home that might otherwise be torn down or long forgotten.
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