My favorite of this bunch is the Meadville, Missouri home. It needs work, especially the exterior, but it looks like the good stuff is unpainted and mostly there, plus I have a thing for old non-fancy farmhouses.
If you are interested in the post schedule, starting next week, instead of taking Monday and Tuesday “off” (I say “off” since I’m still working, just behind the scenes), it will be Monday and Friday. So, be looking for posts Tuesday-Thursday, and then the sampler on Sunday. Also, I changed some things on the blog that helps prevent spammers and hackers from driving me crazy. The downside is that a couple of you are being blocked completely from the website. If you have a problem and cannot access the website, please go to Facebook and leave me a message (or reply to one of the newsletters, if you signed up that way.) My apologies to those that were blocked.
I hope everyone had a lovely week and have a fantastic weekend!
P.S. I also fixed the site search, so now if you search an address or city, you should get results now instead of “Sorry…”.
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$199,000 – MLS#2968367 – More info…
4 Walnut St, Hope, NJ“Open the door to times past: located in a Moravian village in northwest New Jersey, near a stone mill and the “Old Meeting House” (currently a bank) and numerous other historic properties, this three story limestone homestead is located in Historic Hope Village. The home is truly a gem in the rough…needing the right owner with a clarity of vision and a passion for the unique older home. There are few with as much character as this property demonstrates.Other interior features of this Circa 1830′s house include high ceilings, good closet space, front and rear staircases and original period trims throughout. The wide plank floors are beautiful and await your sanding and refinishing. Two original period fireplaces…the one being brick on the ground level and the other more formal in the living room.”
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1884 – $324,900 – MLS#POC-12-8886 – More info…
203 S 3rd St, Lehighton, PA“Take a step back in history and enjoy the grandeur that this pre-1900 built magnificent Victorian home has to offer. Completely restored and preserved by the proud owners. Enjoy the wrap around porch and screened deck for entertaining. Stained glass windows throughout the home will always brighten your day. Extended family quarters with one bedroom, kitchen, bath and private entrance. Seven total bedrooms, three full baths, four garages. Updated kitchen, updated windows in apartment and kitchen, electric and Central A/C on 2nd and 3rd floors. Pocket doors on first floor. First floor laundry. Window treatments remain. This fabulous home has been well cared for and maintained. One-year Home Warranty provided to new owner.”
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1902 – $179,900 – MLS#1583609 – More info…
211-213 N Ludington St, Columbus, WI“2-1/2 story Queen Anne style home. Property is currently used as a multi-unit income property. Live in it and have the tenants help you pay the mortgage or restore it as a single family. Property is listed on the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places. Wisconsin historic preservation tax credits are available for rehabilitation. The principal gable ends of this roof are sided with very elaborate decorative wood shingles which have been cut so as to represent the four suites of a deck of cards.”
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1881 – $123,000 – MLS#9002093 – More info…
1003 N Main St, Bourbon, IN“BEAUTIFUL REGISTERED HISTORIC VICTORIAN IN BOURBON, ORIGINAL WOODWORK, POCKET DOORS AND TRIM THROUGHOUT THE HOME AS WELL AS 12 FT CEILINGS. 2 BEAUTIFUL FIREPLACES, LARGE SPACIOUS EAT-IN KITCHEN, LAUNDRY ROOM OFF THE KITCHEN, 3 BEDROOMS, 2 BATHS, 2 CAR DETACHED GARAGE AND 18 X 24 STORAGE SHED. “
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1910 – $294,900 – MLS#295809 – More info…
1349 S Perry St, Montgomery, AL“Stately Southern Charm from the turn of the century. Lovely home only a block from the governor’s mansion with extensive upgrades and elegant original finishes. Soaring ceilings and dramatic split stairway with imported handcrafted railing. Elevator leads to the second floor with the master and three additional bedrooms. Impressive deck and detached garage. This home is a must see!”
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1937 – $250,000 – MLS#1858172 – More info…
1415 Wake Forest Rd, Raleigh, NC“RENOVATION PROJECT! Charming brick bungalow with granite around the front door. Sold in “AS IS” CONDITION. 3 br, 1 bath with large pine panelled family room addition on the rear. I car carport could be enclosed for additional bath & upstairs laundry. LR fireplace, hardwood floors, breakfast nook in kitchen. Alley access (see agent remarks! Vacant for speedy closing. “
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1866 – $3,950,000 – MLS#1343149 – More info…
1801 Sulgrave Rd, Louisville, KY“You will feel as though you are stepping back in time as you enter this spectacular private estate. “Cold Spring” is one of Louisville’s most historically and architecturally significant homes. The original house was built by Joshua Fry Speed and his wife Fanny Hennings Speed in 1867. The house was built on part of the original Farmington plantation and currently retains 6.72 acres. In 1911 the house underwent extensive renovation transforming the simpler Victorian Speed home into an Italian Villa. This magnificent home features 12 foot ceilings, 5 bedrooms, 4.5 baths, gilded and crystal chandeliers, front and rear staircases, and elegant marble and wood carved mantels. The entrance hall features a lovely turned staircase and black and white marble flooring orginating from the second Galt house and seamlessly transitions to the first floor loggia. The elegant dining room with a fireplace features and elegant crystal chandelier, rich moldings and french doors that open to the drawing room and front patio. The drawing room is appointed with deep moldings, a fireplace and an exquisite gilded and crystal chandelier. The focal point of the home is the richly paneled and velvet trimmed library with french doors that open to the gorgeous view of the private lawn and elaborate parterre gardens. The second floor features an elegant master suite with a sleeping chamber with a fireplace, a dressing room with a fireplace and a master bath. Additionally, there are 4 bedrooms, a study, a sitting room and 3 full bathrooms on the second floor. The third floor was primarily used as a playroom. The French provincial carriage house was added around 1911 and features a 3 car garage and second floor apartment with 690 square feet. “Cold Spring” was featured in Country Houses of Louisville 1 by Winfrey Blackburn and R. Scott Gill. Brochures are available upon request. Owner is a licensed Realtor in the state of Kentucky.”
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1825 – $595,000 – MLS#35364 – More info…
12105 Seaside Rd, Machipongo, VA“A diamond in the rough: beautiful seaside farm in unspoiled setting w/ tillable (38) & wooded (19) acreage, suitable for a private airstrip. Historic home needs restoration, maybe a modern addition; sited east end 3/10 mile drive, a long westerly view from hallway. Arch. features of note: orig beaded board siding, shutters & dogs, dentil moldings w/ stars, full brick wall on north end, colonial front porch, flow through cross passage, 10′ ceilings, tin ceiling, orig handmade mortice & tenon pegged doors w/ antique hardware, handcarved ornate fireplace mantels (museum quality), wood wainscoting, marbelized baseboards, built-in cabinets, grand staircases. Extensive lawn formally planted with old boxwoods, magnolia trees. Dream of coming home down a long driveway to your private country estat Brokered And Advertised By: BLUE HERON REALTY CO. Listing Agent: DAVID L. KABLER”
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1918 – $75,000 – MLS#5036EMore info…
24496 Hwy Y, Meadville, MO“3 bedrooms, 1 bath, living room, dining room, kitchen, main floor laundry. Sits on 3 acres m/l, front wrap around porch, 30×40 shed. This home is sold as is. “
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As always, a great selection!
I have one suggestion. You might copy the post schedule you announce today and the site search information and post it in the “blog news”. Within a couple of weeks it is likely none of us will remember that it was on November 9 that you made an announcement, whereas if the information is also in the blog news we can easily retrieve it.
I tried to find the “registry” for the house in Bourbon, Indiana without luck. If someone reads this, could you try?
Will do, good idea.
The house in Hope, NJ looks interesting and seems to be located in a neat little historic neighborhood, but since there are no interior pics, I’m going to instead claim the house in Machipongo, Virginia…partly because I like the name “Machipongo” and partly because it looks like a great house with some wonderful federal details. It obviously needs some work, too, but it doesn’t appear to be in horrible shape. My first move would be to rebuild the missing chimley.
Oh, and the house in Louisville is a knockout, but I’m in the mood for a smaller home tonight, and that place really is an honest to goodness mansion
A terrific selection. I especially like the houses in Hope NJ, Bourbon IN, Louisville, and Machipongo VA, but the one I’ve coveted for a long time is Montgomery AL.
I saved the listing details and photos from back in February 2012 and it’s a wonderful, big Classical Revival in the Southern taste, with great spaces and nice details throughout — and now listed again, reduced by $102,000 from what already seemed a great value at $397,000.
Must be the post-election Reduced Expectations Edition, but that’s good by me – I like the humble ones best. Bourbon is a lot of house for the $; Machipongo could be a great country seat with some work.
The Hope NJ place is puzzling to me. It’s been on the market awhile (didn’t I see it here?), really historic and cheap for the area. I have to guess it needs a virtual rebuild, including major structural (foundation?) work, in addition to all cosmetics. In East Coast dollars, that’s over $200K. Still not outrageous for a nice house 2 minutes from Rt 80.
Kelly, thanks for the search upgrade – it works!
If I’ve learned one thing from the considerable time I’ve spent here its that location in relation to price is the only constant. Everything else varies sometimes by many thousands of dollars. I think what I’m trying to say is the same size and aged house in two different locations can be priced very differently. Foreclosed homes are sometimes ridiculously cheap because the lender owners have a strong incentive to get them off the books ASAP. Square footage is the least reliable indicator of a home’s value and so too is age. The lot size does seem to carry some weight in relation to pricing but in the case of acreage, location always trumps no matter how many acres come with the house. Of course, professionally restored old homes usually command a premium and they should as there is the previous owner’s investment in improvements. Not all improvements appeal to the old house buyer so there too it depends on what they are. Last, some old house’s just have “charm” that can’t be quantified but that too has some intrinsic value and adds appeal. All of this leads me to believe that buying an old house is more of an emotional decision than one based on numbers or investment formulas and that is probably as it should be. Therefore, from today’s sampler, I honestly like some of the less expensive ones more so than the higher priced examples even if money were no object. Guess that bolsters my emotional argument about old house buying.
I love the New Jersey house. I wish there were some interior photos. It’s inexplicable for the listing to describe the interior and then not show a scrap of it.