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This quaint and quiet corner, complete with a fully-matured elm tree, was once the site of the symmetrically elegant Dundas-Lippincott Mansion. And while this photograph, circa 1890, may suggest the tranquility of a suburban setting, you are in fact looking at the northeast corner of S. Broad and Walnut Sts. Yes, there was once a place for residential property on this corner – we were surprised too.
View is from the west, looking across Broad St.
Though the man… (View original article)
by Catherine Reagor – Jun. 28, 2011 05:49 PM
The Arizona Republic
The former home of Sen. John McCain and his wife, Cindy, on Phoenix’s Central Avenue is facing foreclosure.
Before McCain’s 2008 presidential run, the couple sold the home for $3.2 million and moved to a penthouse in a new condominium project near the Arizona Biltmore. Their former house, situated on almost 3 acres, was Cindy’s childhood home. The couple raised their children in the house … (View original article)
A Twin Cities landmark has become part of the Saint Mary’s
University Minneapolis campus.
The purchase of the Harrington Mansion and Events Center in
south Minneapolis was announced by the university last week. The
1.6-acre property is adjacent to SMU’s Minneapolis campus, home to
the university’s graduate and professional programs.
The property includes the 1902 mansion built for Charles
Harrington, a wealthy Twin Cities grain merchant … (View original article)
The World’s Largest Treehouse is Bigger Than Your House
Horace Burges mansions treehouses
by James Plafke | 11:03 am, July 5th, 2011
Crossville, Tennessee minister and self-taught carpenter and architect
Horace Burges was praying back in 1993 when God supposedly told him that if he built a treehouse, God would see to it that he never ran out of material. Since then, he has constantly worked on the treehouse — for fou… (View original article)
Private Gardens of Connecticut a lecture by Jane Garmey, Wednesday, July 13, 11 a.m., at the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum, 295 West Avenue, Norwalk, CT.Noted garden writer and contributor to the New York Times, Jane Garmey takes a rare glimpse into some of the most evocative, beautiful, and original private gardens of Connecticut – some grand and some exceedingly modest, all carefully tended and much loved. The author will also reveal how, as an Englishwoman coming to America, she made … (View original article)
5 July 2011
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A 13th Century pottery vessel found in the Vale of Glamorgan could indicate a thriving local craft in medieval times.
Several fragments of the aquamanile, decorated with a ram’s head, were discovered at the site of a manor house at Cosmeston, near Penarth.
The vessels were used by guests to wash their hands at the dinner table.
Professor John Hines from Cardiff University, leader of the dig, said they had… (View original article)
Published on Tue Jul 05 14:00:00 BST 2011
ABOUT 150 people visited a garden which was open on Sunday to raise money towards church funds.
The event took place at the Manor House in Aslackby, hosted by Alan Baxter, who lives there.
About £1,000 was raised, which will go towards the upkeep of St James’s Church in the village.
The event was organised by villagers.
Villager Denise Gudgin, of Aveland Way,… (View original article)
“However, these initiatives alone are unlikely to be successful in
averting the growth in backlog in future years and further funding will be
required in due course,” it concluded.
The claims were outlined in the Queen’s Official Expenditure accounts for the
year to April.
They show that the cost of supporting the monarchy fell by £1.8 million in the
last financial year to £32.1 million, equivalent to a saving of three pence
per person.
A CHATEAU style mansion – built by a baronet as a summer house for his wife – has been sold for in the region of £2m to a luxury tourism developer.
The magnificent Grade II* listed Plas Rhianfa on the banks of the Menai Strait was originally placed on the market for £3.25m in 2008. But the credit crunch and property slump saw more than £1.25m knocked off the asking price.
Luxury property firm Savills took over the sale last summer and confirm… (View original article)
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Former Capitals great and new associate goaltending coach Olie Kolzig has put up his 15,260 square foot property up for sale. The 90-acre Kennewick, Washington estate is available for just $4.1 million or, in other words, just a few Maybachs.
The Seattle Times has the deets:
The house owned by the … (View original article)