#Historic Buildings

[hometoursandotherstuff]

Someone is under contract to buy this magnificent renovated 1888 quadruplex building in Frankfort, KY. It has a long term tenant in the bar on the main floor and 3 boutique short term rentals totaling 12bds, 14ba, 8,088 sq ft, $2.795m. I would definitely live in one of the units and maybe rent the others out long term. Take a look at this place.

Look at the bar- it's made of old radiators.

Everything is brand new and newly renovated.

Closeup of the light fixture. It's a little weird looking.

The large living room with a center fireplace in the first unit. They say that the photos don't do it justice. I think they look beautiful.

I mean, look at the kitchen. This unit is a duplex with a mezzanine above the kitchen.

The stairs to the bedrooms match the kitchen.

Up on the mezzanine.

Nice feature wall in the bedroom suite.

And, look at this black bedroom.

Beautiful shower room with wild tile.

Pink suite.

This is only a small sample of the rooms, b/c Tumblr only allows 30 photos. Look at this cool shower.

Pretty wallpaper.

In the ensuite, the sink matches the tile pattern.

The living room and kitchen in unit 2 has wonderful exposed brick walls. Look at the backsplash.

Cool hallway - the fun wallpaper around the elevator!

Living room and kitchen in unit 3. This is nice, too. Love the upper cabinets and backsplash.

Nice bedroom and shiny bronze tile in the shower.

It's a beautiful building with lots of history.

Wouldn't it be nice to have the money to buy this for an investment?

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/245-W-Main-St-Frankfort-KY-40601/351698616_zpid/

[butisitartphoto]

“1808”

abandoned facade

[mothmiso]

Roma (2) (3) (4) (5) by Dylan Jasper

[heritagebrowser]

The crypt of the Basilica-Cathedral of Saint-Denis, north of Paris serves as the birthplace of the divine light of gothic stained glass windows and is the main necropolis of French royalty.

This medieval crypt has the remains among many others from Louis XIV and Marie-Antoinette.

[galina]

I love the idea of secret rooms and hidden spaces, so I instantly fell in love with this bathroom neatly tucked between two built-in wardrobes in our hotel room

[pointandshooter]

photo: David Castenson

[arc-hus]

Terraced Housing, Winterthur, Switzerland - Peter Kunz

[huariqueje]

Christmas market Rådhustorget - Calle Wallin

Swedish , b. ?

Print , 39 x 49 cm. 

[connorphilpphotography]

Cambodian temples are something else

[coffeeandstrawberries]

Frauenkirche Dresden

[rherlotshadow]

Avening parish church

[hometoursandotherstuff]

By now, you know that I love lofts, but had to settle for a lofted apt. (not even close). Anyway, this gorgeous 1915 building is available in Fort Wayne, IN. You get the living quarters plus the 2 commercial rental units downstairs, so the whole building. The loft has 5bds, 6ba, and is listed for $3,999,900.

These are the stairs but you can take the elevator from the garage.

Look at the size of the kitchen. Love the black cabinets.

This was impeccably done.

The pantry includes wine storage.

Plenty of room for a dining table of any size.

Seating area.

Gorgeous library.

The TV room has a huge glass wall that opens to the patio.

The patio is huge and the wall on the other side is for the formal dining area.

For some reason, they don't show any of the bedrooms, but each one has an en-suite bath.

I've never seen a brick shower.

And, here's a walk-in closet.

This bd. is used as a home office, so it has an en-suite.

Beautiful large laundry room.

The garage around the back.

There's the elevator that goes up to the living quarters.

One of the tenants. This is convenient, a dentist downstairs.

It's a beautiful building to own. (Fat chance at these prices.)

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/120-W-Washington-Blvd-Fort-Wayne-IN-46802/2055762492_zpid/

[life-spire]

[mothmiso]

Lebanon (2) (3) (4) (5) by Julia

Via Flickr:

(1) During the 16th to 18th centuries, Deir el Qamar was the residence of the governors of Lebanon. (2) Tyre was founded around 2750 BC . Remains of ancient columns at Al Mina excavation site. (3) Saida/Sidon. (4) Anjar. (5) Baalbeek.     

[heritagebrowser]

The Sainte-Chapelle de Vincennes is a Gothic royal chapel within the fortifications of the Château de Vincennes on the east edge of Paris, France. It was inspired by the Sainte-Chapelle, the royal chapel within the Palais de la Cité in Paris. It was begun in 1379 by Charles V of France to house relics of the Passion of Christ. It is no longer used as a church, and is now a French historical monument operated by the Centre des monuments nationaux.

Here on display the side chapel with the tombe of the Duc d'Enghien who was executed in 1804. (He was charged , innocently it seemed afterwards, to be involved complotting against First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte.) The sculpture is made by Pierre Louis Deseine in 1824.

[arthistoryanimalia]

For #SquirrelAppreciationDay:

12, 28, 35, 140 “Grey Squirrel”

From the ongoing search for all the animals from the 420 original 1906 Moravian tile mosaics by Henry Chapman Mercer on the Pennsylvania Capitol floor.