Art Deco meets gingerbread in the Kingshighway Hills neighborhood.I've been stalking this house for
years!
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Today as I was stalking it I noticed a car parked smack dab in front of it and concluded the owner was in.
I rang the bell, a woman appeared in the door and I suddenly realized I hadn't practiced my usual
Hi, I'm not a Scientologist or a Mormon greeting.
She tolerated my overt enthusiasm as she opened the door and answered my questions.
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I had imagined the tower was a fireplace and the small glass windows around it allowed for flickering light. No, it's the flue for the furnace in the basement.
Get this, she paid 130,000 for it 7 years ago.
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Not the original storm door but check out that oak door.
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Flashing (not original) was added to the stained glass windows perhaps to protect the wood frames. Bummer.
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'Sponge' brick.
Dreamy.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiTj4MquW7SoR9ZJ7M7YE5rFqKJdDUmEc4fn8jXZW_OXmtKNNmivX3Fw9WEz3jWDhLqS1VMlGfmJ-6WwliXz9X5hBoo4WR5Aw6oxjL-S0Sy8FQWlvWFGXNM6yjRhN9pR1B7Obk/s320/flu+house+8.jpg)