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Reply to dunamovin | 570 comments

11 months ago

I think both photos are from the 1910s, so maybe that’s what it was. Thanks!

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11 months ago

I think Gary may be Gary Allen Corbeill.

I cut the photo down to a smaller size, so you don’t see some of the exterior in the photo above. His home has similar stairs with double doors and a basement window to the left.
https://goo.gl/maps/LjBfLNS4DfAez38j6

If so, Gary was born June 20, 1939, and lived with his parents, Alice and Gordon, in his dad’s sister and brother-in-law’s home at 118 W Mission Ave, Kellogg, Idaho, at the time the photo was taken.

Gary passed away in 2020 at age 81. His obit has more, sounds like he lived a happy life.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/216488103/gary-allen-corbeill

Snippet:
“Gary and Cricket recently celebrated their 54th wedding anniversary and were looking forward to many more when the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer turned their world upside down. Gary never complained and faced adversity as he always had – with determination and spirit. He leaves a whole community of friends and a very loving family, and he will be missed more than he ever knew.”

edit: There were only two Garys living in Kellogg at the time the photo was taken and at that age. The other Gary’s home had no stairs. Meanwhile, this had the right amount of stairs, the double door opening and basement window. If any of Gary’s family comes across this, contact me! kelly@oldhousedreams.com

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Reply to Kelly, OHD | 15308 comments

11 months ago

Excellent work! He was a cute kid, and the 1930’s bungalow is pretty cute too. Can’t find interior photos, maybe a good thing.

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https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/86-Mount-Vernon-St-Haverhill-MA-01830/2061664322_zpid/

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Reply to JimH | 8411 comments

11 months ago

I love bungalows

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Remi | 515 comments

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Reply to Kelly, OHD | 15308 comments

11 months ago

Aww, thanks for researching him. Sounds like that adorable baby turned out to be quite a guy. ❤

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JoAnn | 166 comments

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Reply to Kelly, OHD | 15308 comments

11 months ago

Wow! Great research!

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SonofSyosset | 251 comments

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11 months ago

Two houses in Massachusetts this week:

First, one of the oldest houses on the market in the USA this week: 1680 and beautifully maintained on .57 acre for $799,000. The house was built for William White, the founder of Haverhill.

And this is an 1849 Greek Revival —known locally as The Pillars—on 1.61 acres in South Dennis on Cape Cod for $1.295 million. I have driven by this home often, and it has come a long way since it was placed in 2018 on Preservation Massachusetts’ list of the top 11 most endangered historic properties in the state. The listing does not mention this, but in 1924 this house was moved about 120 feet back from the road.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/14-Hidden-Shores-Lane-South-Dennis-MA-02660/55872995_zpid/

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Remi | 515 comments

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Reply to SonofSyosset | 251 comments

11 months ago

The Haverhill house may be one of the oldest in America–but it’s hard to see under the HGTV treatment it’s had. Looks like a suburban model house.

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11 months ago

I added 7 more pictures to my stove album. For Rosewater there is a boiler, and for MCM lovers there is a cool avocado sink!

Have fun everyone!

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11 months ago

That is an awesome attic, complete with woodstove!

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KEYLIME | 1943 comments

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Reply to natira | 1250 comments

11 months ago

It gets nippy in that part of the world. And then some.
I like that the attic has its own tiny attic.aka sleeping loft. Someone had fun designing that. I’d like to add that to my own attic.

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Reply to KEYLIME | 1943 comments

11 months ago

I’m wondering if the ‘closets’ in pics 19 and 21 were originally cupboard beds, actually. Combined with the sauna, and the location, I’m betting Norwegians built it.

I built a cupboard bed in my house, and I cannot say enough nice things about it. (There are pics in my house photos) and I’d love to have another upstairs.

But my dream is to have one OUTSIDE. Soon, I hope!

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KEYLIME | 1943 comments

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Reply to natira | 1250 comments

11 months ago

The cupboard beds idea makes perfect sense, now that I think about it. I’d turn it (them) into dog beds/caves.You mentioned your bed before and I took a look back then. I could see why you’re so fond of it.

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11 months ago

C.1905 North Brooksville School House in Brooksville, Maine ($115K):
https://www.compass.com/listing/827-bagaduce-road-brooksville-me-04617/1134733646758296673/

Shingle/Prairie Style. It would certainly make a terrific summer house/artist studio with some* elbow grease.

*Substantial

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Reply to Snarling Squirrel | 1791 comments

11 months ago

Here’s its sister school for classroom inspiration:
https://www.oldhousedreams.com/2020/11/11/c-1900-school-in-brooksville-me/#comment-301570

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Reply to Snarling Squirrel | 1791 comments

11 months ago

Wow! That could be so cool! Most of the elbow grease would be to rent a 40 yard dumpster, and have a chuck-it party

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11 months ago

1939 Prairie Modern Style by Architect Alden Dow in Midland, MI ($800K):
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1210-W-Park-Dr-Midland-MI-48640/77853809_zpid/

Do you love Prairie and Mid-Century modern houses? Well, Dow delivers in his Midland houses. JillieD got me looking at Midland for the high density of modernist homes. Here’s another spectacular Prairie Modernist house by Dow (not for sale):
https://www.oldhousedreams.com/2019/12/23/1936-prairie-in-midland-mi/

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1207 Kipling Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90041 | MLS #22-207553 | Zillow

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11 months ago

1910, Los Angeles, CA, 1,149,000
from the listing: “H. Arden Edwards Residence, 1910 :: Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument #383 :: Atop an ascending river rock staircase and tucked into a lush secluded hillside sits this rustic bungalow cottage cabin designed and built by notable artist H. Arden Edwards for him and his family”
such a lovely creative arts and crafts home

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Reply to Kimberly62 | 4098 comments

11 months ago

Enchanting!!

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Reply to Kimberly62 | 4098 comments

11 months ago

I was just coming here to share this home. It’s amazing.

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Reply to Kimberly62 | 4098 comments

11 months ago

WOW! WOW! WOW!
Thank you!
https://www.oldhousedreams.com/2022/10/17/1910-craftsman-in-los-angeles-ca/

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Reply to Kelly, OHD | 15308 comments

11 months ago

thank you for including it, now I have bookmarked it forever 🙂

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11 months ago

1965, Sacramento, CA, 765,000
from the listing: “John Harvey Carter midcentury-modern”
57 years lived in by the original owners.
interesting Japanese inspired home. Love the balance, the lolly pop trees. The garden’s contact to the home, wooden interior.
523 Grovesnor Ct, Sacramento, CA 95864 | MLS #222130816 | Zillow

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Reply to Kimberly62 | 4098 comments

11 months ago

This house truly speaks to me, and it seems reasonably priced for booming Sacramento. There’s a lot of yin-and-yang going on in the courtyard layout: one ferny green/one minimalist zen. the house is likewise divided nicely: Public with fireplace/private bedrooms with water pool. Etc…

it’s on open house TODAY!

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9089975/andrew-baker-simpson

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11 months ago

The home of Andrew Baker Simpson (1849-1938), who turned a railroad camp into a town in 1901, drilling wells, opening a general store, a lumber yard and a bank. Father of 10-12 children.

Tucumcari will always bring the Little Feat song Willin’ to mind. 2 live versions from 1977, LF and Linda:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNqv85coyTw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMP8JsV7wbg

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KEYLIME | 1943 comments

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Reply to JimH | 8411 comments

11 months ago

Thanks, JimH. A nice musical start to my Saturday morning. Returning the favor:
Jimmie Rodgers Tucumcari
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oidIMILnjH8
And here he is, hamming it up first with Jimmy Durante
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keZtRxS2xFM

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Reply to KEYLIME | 1943 comments

11 months ago

Thanks – I remember him, a regular on the TV variety shows.

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11 months ago

1830 brick federal in Keeseville, NY $67,900 such a great price!
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/64-Pleasant-St-Keeseville-NY-12944/215764628_zpid/
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1854 cottage in North Clarendon, VT $160,000 great little retreat, don’t let the exterior throw you, it is definitely worth a look, being sold furnished.
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/78-Peters-Ln-North-Clarendon-VT-05759/2061209806_zpid/
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1834 in Willsboro, NY $895,000 almost 3 sq ft & 3 acres on Lake Champlain
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/47-Ligonier-Way-Willsboro-NY-12996/30435355_zpid/

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Reply to Anne M. | 1524 comments

11 months ago

Three terrific selections, Anne!

A couple helpful notes on the listings for other OHDers:

–The Keeseville house is up for auction, so the fantastic listing price is but an opening bid price. (But the estimated values are still quite a reasonable price.)

–The Willsboro house is actually almost 3,000 square feet, not the size of a doormat. 😉 (And utterly blissful looking.)

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Reply to Ranunculus | 487 comments

11 months ago

Thank you!! I meant to say “3K sq. ft.” 😆

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https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/114-Papaya-St-Switchback-WV-24887/2061261375_zpid/

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Reply to Anne M. | 1524 comments

11 months ago

I LOVE the Willsboro house and such a lovely location between the Adirondacks and the lake

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Reply to Anne M. | 1524 comments

11 months ago

I like them all, but the Keeseville house is really interesting. I know most people will not like the location, but the loads of original features remaining got me. If I were in a place to consider this, I would just insulate it for noise as best I could (interior storm windows, probably enclosing the porch with windows, etc) and make the best of this. It seems there are other historic homes on this busy street that have been screened from the road so that is good sign.

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hillhouse | 159 comments

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11 months ago

The James Elwood Jones mansion in Switchback, McDowell County, WV. Archetypical coal baron’s mountaintop mansion. 270 degree wrap around glassed in porch with stunning stained glass windows, floors, wall paneling and ceiling in native quarter sawn oak. Six bedrooms in main house, two in repurposed separate garage/chauffeur’s quarters. Remains of a greenhouse, terraced gardens, reflecting pool, swimming pool and pergola on the 9.32 acres. Even an ornamental mine entrance! Jones was a pioneer in coalfield education as well, and as coal barons went, an enlightened and humane boss. Operating as a high-end ATV Lodge by the family who purchased it from the Jones coal company, Pocahontas Fuel, in the 1950’s, fully booked all open times. Stunning views, comfort, privacy, history! $1.1 million.

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Reply to hillhouse | 159 comments

11 months ago

Forgot to mention, on National Register.

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PurpleLime | 51 comments

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11 months ago

Bentonville, AR; est.build date 1893 $995k
My good friend is under contract to purchase this house. She would like to remove some of the changes made to the house by previous owners. Suggestions please as she doesn’t have the historic blueprints or photos.
https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/710-W-Central-Ave_Bentonville_AR_72712_M87414-12400

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Reply to PurpleLime | 51 comments

11 months ago

Find and hire a really good architect that has experience with preservation, restoration, and possibly historic homes. Speaking as one, I find the stair to be suspect, and think they probably monkeyed around with it. And of course the kitchen to be nice, is a missed opportunity. Bathrooms too. And as a final blow they put in vinyl windows, how nice. In Arkansas? Does it really get that cold there in winter?

It’s a shame as the home has a very handsome form, and I am sure was very beautiful at one time. This was probably a contractor special with the owner doing walk through, saying “we would like a new kitchen, re-model the baths, etc” I highly doubt they had an architect for this one, and if they did, they should know better. A contractor won’t care, they will build whatever you want without regard to budget, or aesthetics.

Jeff

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11 months ago

1800, Deerfield, VA, 325,000
Old log cabin on almost 7 acres. nice honest cabin interior. Take a look at the barrel stove with the piping above to keep the heat in the room, but perhaps also the creosote?
208 Jakes Ln, Deerfield, VA 24432 | MLS #VAAG2000088 | Zillow

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11 months ago

1844, Sugar Grove, IL, 419,000
6 acre property with a lovely old home, well done indoors with a beautiful double stair
42W610 Kedeka Rd, Sugar Grove, IL 60554 | MLS #11653116 | Zillow

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Morna | 426 comments

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Reply to Kimberly62 | 4098 comments

11 months ago

This one is absolutely lovely. I want it, and most of their furniture and accoutrements as well, please.

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Reply to Kimberly62 | 4098 comments

11 months ago

in addition to being a wonderful house, the property itself is top-notch as well!

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Remi | 515 comments

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Reply to Kimberly62 | 4098 comments

11 months ago

Just perfect. All old house owners should lessons from this house, including the kitchen.

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Reply to Remi | 515 comments

11 months ago

I agree! Most of the time looking at houses I think “well, I wouldn’t have done it that way or I would do it differently (better)” on this one I am thinking “I wonder if I could have had the restraint and discipline to ever do it this well”.

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Reply to Kimberly62 | 4098 comments

11 months ago

I live about 30 minutes southwest of Sugar Grove (in Ottawa). It’s very convenient to Chicago and the immediate burbs due to its proximity to I88, but it’s also a reason why that area has seen so much suburban sprawl in more recent years. Beautiful house, lovely grounds!

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Reply to Kimberly62 | 4098 comments

11 months ago

That double stair structure was christened a ‘Good Morning Stair’ during the Colonial Revival era. The invented story was that the family would come down each stair, meeting at the landing, and greet each other with a ‘good morning.’

There is an actual structural reason for the staircase to split like that. With a central chimney in a ‘low-posted’ cape, the roof was often so low that the staircase would hit the chimney before it reached the second floor level. As a result, the staircase split and was turned 90 degrees in each direction so that there was sufficient head room to use the stairs. A ‘low-posted’ cape is one in which the corner posts are short, but just tall enough to create a useable second floor, very much like a very tall attic.

A number of these staircases survive, one of the best known is in a very well restored 18th century home in Wells, Maine, used by Jorgenson’s Antiques. They write that the home is late 1600s, while the state claims mid-1700s. Whichever, their antiques are wonderful, the home remarkable.

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Reply to Gregory_K | 1985 comments

11 months ago

Here is the wells house:

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Reply to Gregory_K | 1985 comments

11 months ago

thank you for adding this Gregory!

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305 3rd Ave S, Franklin, TN 37064 | MLS #2448498 | Zillow

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11 months ago

1866, Franklin, TN, 2,700,000
one story brick home with high ceilings and chandeliers-love the light yellow walls with the light blue ceilings in the formal spaces

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Reply to Kimberly62 | 4098 comments

11 months ago

I did not expect this! I especially did not expect that massive chandelier. Elegant and classic.

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11 months ago

1928, Greenwich, CT, 3,900,000
Foreclosure. Big stone house with front and rear elevations-very different from each other-kind of like how a saltbox house is, though here the reason I think, is to open up to the water and the private side of the home. House is settled back in time.
76 Khakum Wood Rd, Greenwich, CT 06831 | MLS #170530065 | Zillow

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Reply to Kimberly62 | 4098 comments

11 months ago

I like this home! Thanks for sharing this one, Kimberly. It even has a great 3D tour.

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Reply to Kimberly62 | 4098 comments

11 months ago

The Khakum Wood subdivision has some interesting history. The home sites, roadways, utilities, common areas, and drainage harken back to the master plan designed by Olmsted Brothers (son & stepson of Frederick Law Olmsted) in the mid 1920s. The firm also did individual site plans for certain owners.

This particular house was a “model country home” featured in Country Life magazine and used to entice prospective buyers to build their own homes in the subdivision despite the woes of the Great Depression. Most of these homes were built in either the Tudor or Georgian revival styles in keeping with the rules set down by the Khakum Wood Association.

Because the interior roadways are private, it’s very rare for the public to get a glimpse inside Khakum Wood. The perimeter is densely planted with screening trees and understory shrubs to keep out prying eyes. The exclusivity is a potential selling point for home buyers looking for a discrete backcountry estate.

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https://archive.org/details/countrylife53gard/page/n227/mode/1up

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Reply to Quinnipiac | 3 comments

11 months ago

Pretty nice for a model home. Here’s the 1928 article in Country Life:

The original mansion/castle there (demolished) was built c.1908 by Mr. Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes (1867-1944) around a medieval house he crated over from England. There’s a Country Life article on it also; can’t find the original:

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1924-article-isaac-newton-phelps-434958169

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JoAnn | 166 comments

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11 months ago

Gorgeous home — may have started as an MCM but like many of the folks in California , it has “had some work done”. Seems a lot of the MCM charm is gone but what it was replaced with is very nice! The views are to die for. I hope they trim the vegetation around the house in the back so that it is protected from the ever aggresive wild fires.

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dunamovin | 570 comments

11 months ago

1670’s Avery’s Rest, Rehoboth, DE. Archeological dig uncovers 11 graves at home of John Avery. He was not well liked. Apparently no one wanted to live there after he died and the house became a ruin.

https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/delaware/2022/10/14/the-colorful-life-of-john-avery-the-owner-of-historic-averys-rest/69552905007/

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NancyJ | 27 comments

11 months ago

1954, Columbus OH
$400,000
Just a perfect mid-century time capsule. 1st time on market since 1954 -absolutely pristine. Truly stepping back a half-century to charming setting & happy home. Kitchen and appliances are superb and I especially love the back porch. Enjoy!
https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/4777-N-High-St_Columbus_OH_43214_M33657-02256

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Reply to NancyJ | 27 comments

11 months ago

This is fabulous!! esp. love the kitchen & all the color throughout.

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Reply to Anne M. | 1524 comments

11 months ago

I agree with Anne, color is beautiful (bedrooms a bit too much in your face or mine for me), I love the den in the cellar and the kitchen is marvelous-love those knobs, the wood and the stove. thank you for posting

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https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/3-Ridgewood-Ln-Forrest-City-AR-72335/90934521_zpid/?

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Reply to NancyJ | 27 comments

11 months ago

How is it even possible to live so lightly in a home for 70 years?!

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EAlexander | 8 comments

11 months ago

1978, Forest City, Arkansas, 750K
From the listing: “The Edmondson house has been characterized as Fay Jones most complete residential ensemble of organic architecture”. And on 30 acres!

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Reply to EAlexander | 8 comments

11 months ago

I love this. Something about it makes it feel like a religious building, and after googling the architect, I found out that he designed famous modernist chapels in Arkansas. I’ll try to post a photo, but you can google Thorncrown Chapel.

You might also enjoy looking at this large mid-century in Memphis, where Jones’ Taliesin training is more obvious. https://www.dwell.com/article/e-fay-jones-midcentury-modern-home-for-sale-58c90081

You’re welcome.

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Reply to Lancaster John | 1187 comments

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Reply to Lancaster John | 1187 comments

11 months ago

very enjoyable John, the second photo was a shock to see how much of the house is sheltered in roof from the driveway approach to it. I wonder if this side of the house is also the north, and also the side that can benefit from the colonial approach of the organic form of sheltering north side and approachable sun loving southern side of the house.
Beyond that, I enjoy the structure being so evident and how even with that long covering roof, there is light. I think I would like to spend time in this house exploring the use of light.
Pretty house

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Reply to Kimberly62 | 4098 comments

11 months ago

Kimberly, I relate to your comment. I once owned a 1970’s contemporary built by a professor of architecture for his family. It was nice enough to look at and pleasant to live in, but you really had to live there through the seasons to appreciate how light moved through the space and the different views of the moon and night sky through the shed roof windows. He also designed exterior walls poking out from the house which originally seemed superfluous. But then I realized that they were there to shade the huge glass windows from harsh western late-day light. I realized that the light was the most important design element in that home.

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Reply to Lancaster John | 1187 comments

11 months ago

Found a few images of my house online:

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Reply to Lancaster John | 1187 comments

11 months ago

I so agree with you about light in a modern house. My own home has light coming in from all directions and I love the way the light changes during the course of the year and also the moon, how it surprises me in the eastern windows of the kitchen as it rises over the woods and in the middle of the night how it comes in to wake me the small roof line somewhat triangular windows, all full on in my face for a portion of an hour.

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Reply to Lancaster John | 1187 comments

11 months ago

Here’s another more-modest Fay Jones house on OHD:
https://www.oldhousedreams.com/2020/07/20/1963-contemporary-in-fort-smith-ar/

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Reply to Snarling Squirrel | 1791 comments

11 months ago

Thanks, Squirrel. I’d missed that one.

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https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/11/how-a-glass-terrarium-changed-the-world/545621/

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11 months ago

The History of Terrariums:

Quite a few years ago I gave terrariums as presents to friends. I used salvaged charcoal from my husband’s cooking, potting soil and plants from the five acre wood around my house-moss, small plants, stones, and trees. I also made one for myself that I have kept going and recreated each year, bringing the plants that stayed indoors over the winter back outside and found new plants and stone to create a new one. Something along with my larger houseplants to enjoy indoors over winter when all is white and cold outdoors in the wintry northeast. The attached article talks about the practice of collecting plants from around the world as a 19th century practice of collecting nature.

from the article: “The glass terrarium—an object that has become a forgettable decoration or grade-school project—changed food, botany, and commerce in the industrial era.
The case was invented by Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward, an East London doctor and amateur horticulturist. Ward’s attempts at a home garden had failed, he reported, on account of “volumes of smoke issuing from surrounding manufactories.” In 1829, he accidentally discovered a solution when he sealed a moth chrysalis and some mold in a glass jar. Moisture would rise during the day and condense on the glass, and then return to the ground when the evening cooled, “thus keeping the earth always in the same degree of humidity,” he wrote. After about a week, he could see the growth of a seedling fern and grass.”

I enjoy my plant collection, and like how the terrarium is its own little world and enjoy the history that brought it to me. enjoy

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11 months ago

I went way bananas and added more site header images (I call them header images because they’re at the head of the site, if you wondered.)

I think the new ones begin on page 22…?
https://www.oldhousedreams.com/old-houses-header-gallery/

Over 400 more postcards and photos have been added, and many, many, many more to go. That makes over 1000 different old postcards/photos…I think. Math hard.

Two favorites recently added…

One day I will add the link exchange dates/links. I do this in my spare time, meaning after work, I do the fun work. 😜

Which reminds me! I subscribe to Discovery Plus because, confession, I’m addicted to Sister Wives. I noticed that The Gaines had started their new show about the “restoration” of that castle-house in Waco:
https://www.oldhousedreams.com/2019/02/18/1890-waco-tx/

I scanned through it because…reasons, but so far, it doesn’t sound like their typical style. I did love the wallpaper she chose for the dining room. The gold bathroom looked interesting. I find them cringy, but maybe give it a go. You can always fast-forward through those parts. 👉

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Reply to Kelly, OHD | 15308 comments

11 months ago

I’m All For It! I would love it if I could download these at high resolution! Especially that banner picture of the people inside. Interior shots are my all-time favorite. Or maybe you can email them to me, that would make my crappy Monday very much better.
😍 Love this! Keep these interior shots coming! 👇

I love the two on the left!

In love with the one in the middle!

…and very silly over the one in the middle that appears to be a log cabin with a “modern” third floor addition.

Also, that Waco TX comments section is quite amusing to read. I have no idea who The Gaines are but yikes.. it got salty in there LOL.

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Reply to MJG | 7072 comments

11 months ago

Send you the interior photos? I have more from that house! I didn’t make a banner with those because they were poorly shot. As long as you don’t mind them being sent as-is, not being cleaned up from the scratches and whatnot. 🙂

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Reply to Kelly, OHD | 15308 comments

11 months ago

Oh yeah! I don’t mind ..I can clean them up. And the middle house on this one would be wonderful to add to my collection too if you wouldn’t mind?

and this one on the left?

Do you have other interiors in your collection that will be coming? If so, I will look forward to them. I’m totally obsessed!

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Reply to MJG | 7072 comments

11 months ago

Ok, let me get it together tonight. I’ll add them to the digital download page for others as well.

Yes, I have others. One set is going to blow your interior-loving mind. But they require heavy research to verify they are from the mansion I was told they were taken in. I should just ask for help researching those…lol.

BTW, did you see the link exchange post from 2016? It’s a mess, now that I look at it. Maybe I should redo those since I have a better scanner now.
https://www.oldhousedreams.com/2016/07/15/july-15-2016-link-exchange-discussion/

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Reply to Kelly, OHD | 15308 comments

11 months ago

Wonderful. And you know there are some of us obsessed that would love to dive deep in research!

not to sound stupid, but did you ever make a digital download page? I just looked through the headers but didn’t find anything. I know you talked about it… or did I miss a post or have a cloudy Monday brain moment.

PS.. i know I shouldn’t leave posts about my wants LOL. I’ll just email you next time.

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Reply to MJG | 7072 comments

11 months ago

It would have helped if it was linked somewhere…lol.
https://www.oldhousedreams.com/ohd-supporters-digital-downloads/

I’ll put a link in the top menu. I’ve not added any more because it is hard to figure out which to add that people want. I also intended to clean each photo so no scratches or discolorations would appear, but it takes so long; maybe I should add them as they are.

I’ll give more info tonight on what I need help researching. Will let you know when the photos are ready to download as well.

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Reply to Kelly, OHD | 15308 comments

11 months ago

That link gives me a 404 error.
“Ooops that page can not be found”

😋

Well I know others like old photos but I may bother you the most perhaps about obtaining digitals in higher resolution. But for me I am specific to a few decades. I’m sure others are more widespread in their wants.

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Reply to MJG | 7072 comments

11 months ago

Try again. I think I fixed it now…I think, lol.

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https://www.zillow.com/homes/3445-Helen-Rd-Shaker-Heights,-OH-44122_rb/33691261_zpid/

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Reply to Kelly, OHD | 15308 comments

11 months ago

Works!

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Cjurcisin | 17 comments

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11 months ago

1930 Bungalow, Shaker Heights, OH. This is a time warp…lots of original details. I suspect its build date was a bit earlier.

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https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/18-Kimball-Hl_Putney_VT_05346_M34535-29429

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Reply to Cjurcisin | 17 comments

11 months ago

I like the wallpaper in the stairway to the attic.

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Polly | 55 comments

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11 months ago

1850 Putney, VT $450,000
Beautiful house/barn combo.

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Reply to Polly | 55 comments

11 months ago

The larger property description says “early 1800s,” which makes more sense. I would have said some of those rooms date to the late 1700s… which may be at least in the ballpark.

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https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/86000324

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Reply to Polly | 55 comments

11 months ago

Nice one, and not messed around with too much!

NRHP Nomination – Putney Village Historic District
#46. House, c.1805

An excellent and well preserved example of the Federal style, this large, clapboard, 5×3 bay, well-detailed Georgian Plan house may have been built by Isaac Grout, whose name appears by this house on McClellan’s map of 1856, and who built and opened the store next door, probably in 1804. Beers’ map of 1869 indicates J.D. Johnson living here. In the early 20th century the house became one of the Putney residences of Dr. Locke H. Bugbee, who was one of the first of the Model T practitioners. When Windham College opened in about 1952, this house served as the college office. [Followed by a long architectural description]

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https://oldhousesunder50k.com/circa-1935-former-alabama-funeral-home-for-sale-under-35k/

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Reply to Polly | 55 comments

11 months ago

I love looking at the masses of the different attached elements on that slight rise coming up from the water-makes me want to explore. Nice seeing all the plaster indoors and the simple beautiful spaces.

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hearsetrax | 306 comments

11 months ago

🎃🤯 just in time for Halloween/Neewollah and 4 those with an itch that can’t be satisfied by any old house hehehehehe

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https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/413-Route-202-Somers-NY-10589/33099691_zpid/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=emo-instantsavedsearch&rtoken=b4288713-f351-483b-a4b9-e0d757a349d7~X1-ZUvnfwq6dpxudl_1r7ky&utm_term=urn:msg:2022101812351716e2cc046a5a6d75&utm_content=sentEmailDate-forsleimage-PSS&sse=X1-SSonuz21h2wpyc1000000000_5w3ul

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11 months ago

1849 Stone Federal in Westchester County, NY $1.75M

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Reply to AmyBee | 1339 comments

11 months ago

Holy goodness! That plaster relief work is OUTSTANDING!!! Im not sure if it was original in 1849, but its fitting and beautiful. I only wonder what it looked like before all the layers of paint were applied to them.

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Reply to DJZ | 1027 comments

11 months ago

Yes, plaster not “carved” as stated, and all original according to the NRHP info!

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Crane_House

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Reply to AmyBee | 1339 comments

11 months ago

Wow – thanks Amy! The Gerard Crane house, list on the National Register. Built of local granite for banker and circus entrepreneur Gerard Crane (1791-1872), with amazing early Victorian details inside!

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/220361100/gerard-crane

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Reply to AmyBee | 1339 comments

11 months ago

Beautiful house

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https://www.addisonindependent.com/2022/04/08/college-buys-land-to-build-affordable-housing-in-middlebury/

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Reply to AmyBee | 1339 comments

11 months ago

Was at one time part of a much larger parcel. Sold in April to Middlebury College in order to build affordable housing.

Some local history:
“This lot was settled in 1784 by Stephen Goodrich, who built first a cabin and then (about 1797) a house on the site. In 1800 he deeded his house and fifty acres to Dr. William Bass, a young and soon-to-prosper physician. Here by 1812 Dr. Bass had built one of the most prestigious houses in Middleburv. Its broad western front with its Georgian central pediment, Palladian window, and grand fan-lighted doorway was designed to be seen from Washington Street; but its operative entrance was toward Seminary Street, from which it appeared to be a large version of the Federal Style townhouse. The mass of the house is heightened and rendered even more impressive by the high attic with its series of fine elliptical windows.

Within, this house is of the “townhouse” type, with an off-center entry and curving staircase. The walls of the principal rooms have been thickened to permit the paneled window recesses usually possible only with masonry and the fireplaces have mantles of varied and elegant Federal Style designs. Elements of the house relate so closely to the Congregational Church and the S. S. Phelps House on Main Street that it is inconceivable that this could be the work of anyone other than Lavius Fillmore. The house was later acquired by Prof. D. Gregory Means, who added the elaborate porch to the west front and the winterized back apartments.” (https://midddigital.middlebury.edu/walking_history/village_continued/page_2.html)

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https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/51-Seminary-St-Middlebury-VT-05753/2076566968_zpid/

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Reply to AmyBee | 1339 comments

11 months ago

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owl_hole

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11 months ago

A very cool and arcane feature of old houses.

Owl holes!

And my daughter sent this:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CiVuNv9Mz11/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY%3D

You can search for images as well.

Very recently, my husband and I were checking out the attic in a small outbuilding on our property, prior to repairing the roof. He asked me about the cage in one end of the peak. I told him it was a dovecote and he had no idea what I was talking about!

He got educated.

So those of you who don’t know what a dovecote is either, you can find out here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dovecote

Have fun!

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https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/51-Seminary-St-Middlebury-VT-05753/2076566968_zpid/

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11 months ago

1820 Federal in Middlebury VT $495,000 (+/-2ac)

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Reply to AmyBee | 1339 comments

11 months ago

Wow. I’d love to see original pictures of this!

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https://www.redfin.com/PA/Columbia/855-Chestnut-St-17512/home/130547019

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Reply to AmyBee | 1339 comments

11 months ago

Great find! Thank you!
https://www.oldhousedreams.com/2022/10/19/c-1820-federal-in-middlebury-vt/

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MylarBono | 48 comments

11 months ago

Three Victorians in PA:

1895 Brick Victorian in Columbia, PA – $495,000 (first you have to afford the house, then the property taxes):

1898 Victorian in Canton, PA – $319,000

https://www.trulia.com/p/pa/canton/345-e-main-st-canton-pa-17724–2089650529

1898 Victorian in Slatington, PA – $299,000

https://www.trulia.com/p/pa/slatington/1108-main-st-slatington-pa-18080–1008876022

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bobby white | 883 comments

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11 months ago

1963 MCM $3,000,000. Dramatic home on almost 1 acre in Dallas. Indoor/outdoor living in a leafy setting.
https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/1645-Junior-Dr_Dallas_TX_75208_M73131-02035

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bobby white | 883 comments

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11 months ago

Is anyone looking for a 4 bed 2 bath, 3,856 sq ft 1866 $10M Italianate Castle on a 2.91 acre lot? You’ll need to move to Kansas City, KS, Small price to pay to achieve a dream. The Sauer Castle is just waiting for you. Unfortunately, there is only the exterior picture. So I got curious and looked it up on Wikipedia. A lengthy and complicated family history is provided for those who may be interested. I’m going to skip over the early years and provide this sad portion:
Five generations of the Sauer family continued living in the mansion until the owner of a home heating oil company, Paul Berry, bought the house after Eve’s death. He lived in the mansion until his own death in December 1986. Because of ghost stories originating in 1930, the house was constantly trespassed and vandalized, which Barry and his dog fought off themselves.
In January 1987, Bud Wyman, his son and daughter in law, Cliff and Cindy Jones, bought the home hoping to turn it into a bed and breakfast. At this time, no one lived in the house. In 1988, Carl Lopp, the great, great grandson of Anthony Sauer, bought the house with the intention of fixing it up and residing there to keep it in the family. However, this difficult task has only yielded minor improvements such as fixing balconies and putting a large fence around the property.
Carl Lopp’s hired caretaker of the house was charged with felony theft on August 15, 1996, for stealing $30,000 worth of artifacts from the house, including a tractor, dress, chandelier, copper from the furnace, and wall sconces.
There have been several ghost stories based on tales that can be disproved (such as the previous family all being murdered there by the father, who then committed suicide) that attract vandals, which prevents Lopp from receiving insurance money.
In January 2022, he listed the property for $10 million, considered far above its true market value.[3]
Architecture
Architect Asa Beebe Cross designed it as an example of Italianate architecture. It was placed in the Register of Historic Kansas Places on July 1, 1977. It was placed in the National Register of Historic Places on August 2, 1977. It was placed in the Kansas City, Kansas Historic Landmarks on January 29, 1987.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sauer_Castle
https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/935-Shawnee-Rd_Kansas-City_KS_66103_M81618-82726

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Reply to bobby white | 883 comments

11 months ago

10 Million? It will be empty for quite some time.

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11 months ago

I was in it about 1998, a neighbor who kept it secured let me look it over. Rough shape but mostly intact, floor length windows on first floor with alternating light and dark strips of wood flooring (walnut and maple?) in the main rooms. Iron cresting and balconys still in place, some stone faces in the window entablature badly eroded from water. Still had correct thin mortar joints with reddish mortar pre-repointing. Winding stair took you into the belvedere. Terraced out back for original vineyard, view of 2 river confluence from tower.

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Reply to | 41 comments

11 months ago

Thank you for that. It fills in some of what pics could have provided.Would have loved to see the stairs.

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11 months ago

I wonder if others have noticed that the map at REALTOR is no longer showing where the post office or any other amenity is located? no schools, churches, the police and court houses?
They took away the defined crimes areas earlier. WTH is going on with people?

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Reply to roxxx | 978 comments

11 months ago

Showing for me on desktop.

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Reply to Kelly, OHD | 15308 comments

11 months ago

Well shoot. It isn’t on mine. Maybe my weird browser. Thanks Kelly.

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11 months ago

Kelly, the street and aerial links on listings aren’t working. I get a popup window, with ‘image not found’ I tried three listings, they were all like that.

I know, something else for you to do!!!!!

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