Lowell Board Administrator Username: Lowell
Post Number: 3364 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Wednesday, November 29, 2006 - 9:36 pm: | |
...and Lincoln. The destruction of 4130 Trumbull jogged my memory of the the beautiful architecture of that neighborhood and the adjacent Woodbridge district.
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Cman710 Member Username: Cman710
Post Number: 37 Registered: 07-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, November 29, 2006 - 11:17 pm: | |
Great pics, Lowell. That area definitely has some beautiful architecture. When I visit Detroit next, I will have to check out the area. How much do renovated homes like the one in the last picture go for? |
1953 Member Username: 1953
Post Number: 1174 Registered: 12-2004
| Posted on Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 11:43 am: | |
Picture 3....the center (tallest) structure....does anyone know anything about it (who owns it, etc.) I've always loved that building and its porches and would love to buy it, though it might be too far gone or two expensive for me to handle. |
Patrick Member Username: Patrick
Post Number: 3690 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 11:56 am: | |
Anyone have any info on the home in the first picture? Perhaps mit is an early George Mason design? |
Patrick Member Username: Patrick
Post Number: 3691 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 11:56 am: | |
Anyone have any info on the home in the first picture? Perhaps it is an early George Mason design? |
Zimm Member Username: Zimm
Post Number: 4 Registered: 10-2006
| Posted on Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 11:59 am: | |
"1953: I've always loved that building and its porches and would love to buy it, though it might be too far gone or two expensive for me to handle." those are wonderful porches indeed, but considering the amount of sky that is visible where roof should be, i would guess a rehabilitation would best a monumental project. great shots nonetheless, Lowell. |
Korridorkid Member Username: Korridorkid
Post Number: 4 Registered: 01-2005
| Posted on Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 12:34 pm: | |
"1953: I've always loved that building and its porches and would love to buy it, though it might be too far gone or two expensive for me to handle." The house was the original Scripps Mansion of the Scripps-Howard Broadcasting and Communications Co. It was built somewhere near the early 20's though i couldn't find out when specifically. It sat on about 4 acres when it was first built and came complete with a conservatory and Carriage House-A real one by the way, w/stables. I don't know it's history after the Scripps moved out but, it was sadly demolished around the early part of 2005 along with the houses next to it. I drove by recently and it's a vacant lot but the old iron and brick fence still stands with the entrance on the corner by Saint Bart's. The Carriage House it covered up by brush and overgrowth but i think it still stands. |
Mackcreative Member Username: Mackcreative
Post Number: 4 Registered: 08-2006
| Posted on Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 12:42 pm: | |
There is a sign nearby that the site is going to become brownstones from the $350's, casts a little doubt on the fires that precipitated the demolition? |
1953 Member Username: 1953
Post Number: 1175 Registered: 12-2004
| Posted on Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 1:01 pm: | |
Demolition? Horrible. New housing? Hooray! Thanks for the info, though. 1953 |
Mccarch Member Username: Mccarch
Post Number: 92 Registered: 12-2003
| Posted on Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 5:05 pm: | |
Patrick - as to the home in the first picture, it was on the Woodbridge Home Tour in either 2001 or 2002. If I can find the booklet, I can get the architect's name; but I'm pretty sure it wasn't George Mason. |
Toolbox
Member Username: Toolbox
Post Number: 1014 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 10:33 pm: | |
quote:Korridorkid The house was the original Scripps Mansion of the Scripps-Howard Broadcasting and Communications Co.
Try again, that was not the Scripps mansion. |
Patrick Member Username: Patrick
Post Number: 3692 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Friday, December 01, 2006 - 12:08 am: | |
The Booths had a sweet Flemish looking home next to or across from the Scripps mansion...we discussed this numerous times on here. |
Barnesfoto Member Username: Barnesfoto
Post Number: 2814 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Friday, December 01, 2006 - 8:41 am: | |
The Scripps mansion burned in 1986, and was demolished. The blue house and apt building in Lowell's pic #3 were owned by the same group of christian charlatans that owned the Scripps home...They operated some sort of halfway houses in the buildings, until, one after the other, all of them had mysterious fires. |
Rustic Member Username: Rustic
Post Number: 2992 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Friday, December 01, 2006 - 9:52 am: | |
Back then I recall seeing those buildings daisy chained with extension cords from the apt building to the house, I'll guess they were using the various apt addresses serially and not paying their bill and then using another apt address to get electricity for both buildings. An 8-12 unit apt building like that one, hell you could easily get 2+ years of free energy that way (not the sort that Gannon has in mind tho). |