Pictures

Here are some pictures of the house. Most of these were taken during showings and off the listing ad.

This is a picture we got off the county records from 1974. This picture best illustrates the style of the home and is actually the best shot I have as the mature landscaping blocks most of the view as the below pictures will show.

To give an idea for scale the front door is 4’ wide.

Southside showing the brick detail and windows with the Southside porch covered in Ivy and trees growing into the roof. The bay windows are 7’ tall. The first several rows of brick are wider than the brick tapers in where the color changes.

Typical mature landscaping. Looks very rural for an urban environment, but perhaps not very safe as you can’t see in from the street. I’m sure a feature desired from previous owners.

Foyer. This gives the best image upon entry of the Arts and Crafts detail.

The living room ceiling with box beam ceilings and light fixtures. The main light fixture appears to be original.

The fireplace is a little ugly

The dining room built-in side-board. The mirror may not have been there originally and been a pass thru from the kitchen for serving and what not.

Stained glass windows facing the west. Not original; beautiful when the sun shines through them but makes the room very dark without the sun. Future plans of stripping the wallpaper and a brighter paint will help. I would just as well replace them with clear glass but I haven’t won that argument yet with my wife who wants to keep them a mute point since we can’t afford to replace them anyway.

Swinging door into the kitchen. Definitely original and surprised it has survived 102 years of swinging back in forth. The stained glass window is amazing although a little loose in the frame. One of the projects I will need to tackle right away so it does not fall out. Luckily the door can be propped open so we should be good for awhile. Anyone know what this door and hardware might be worth? (not that we would ever sell it)

Kitchen. Has taken on a 80’s transformation into a umm strange cooking area with a butlers style pantry for food storage with open cabinets that were not designed to hold anything bigger then a tall can of food. Cearal boxes must be place on their side to fit. Well planned Mr. Remodeler. One of the two reproductions ovens currently works and the range top while top of the line in its day works but just down exhausts into the basement closet. The brick surround while may have sounded good at the time just collects with food spoil-overs and absorbs into the brick pores. The lack of a place for a fridge and general choppiness of the layout is begging me to gut it and at least replace it with in-expensive cabinets and countertops.

Stair access from upstairs to the kitchen. Pretty quirky but a cool architectural element. This will have to stay no matter how we do the kitchen.

Parlor with small bathroom. This originally may been a hallway to the back porch. Or always a small bathroom we need to do more investigating here

Upstairs bedroom and Bathroom

Basement with Media area and telephone system (and neon)