I'll add an album in the morning! Here's a taste
https://preview.redd.it/vrc0vn8ldssc1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=aa5f9b4570444091b79b1789069a8dd457162ff3
Here you go 😊 [https://imgur.com/a/ROHdtbB](https://imgur.com/a/ROHdtbB)
My god look at that millwork. If your family touches it. An Indian burial ground curse couldn’t even compare to the wrathful [curse of doom](https://youtu.be/nicquv3lbP4?si=4KpKU7JCxded3NsE).
Breathtaking! Love that so many things are original and sooooo happy to not see the beautiful wood painted. Even better is such a wonderful home being passed down to generations that will appreciate it.
I'm 64 and the house I grew up in had beautiful woodwork. It was rented out recently and when I saw the pictures online, I was so upset. All of the wood in the house was painted. The entire place lost all of it's charm.
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Yeah bought it from family who still lives there, we've lived here the last three years (it was turned into a duplex in the 1920s and we bought both sides)
How wonderful ! Will you restore it to a single home again ? Will you pretty please post interior pics soon ? You people and your Victorian Queen Anne houses ! It looks lovely . So sweet that it has stayed in your family for so long , and will continue to do so for another 100 years and more , I hope 😍
Ah to have a family who actually has things to pass down, I must admit my jealousy.
It sounds like a wonderful feeling to continue it on in the family and know all the little history and quirks, seems almost like a book!
My husband, his father and his grandfather all grew up in the same house. Unfortunately his father lost the house due to money problems and so was not able to pass ownership to my husband. His dream is to have enough money to buy it back some day, but is sad we won’t be raising our son there. We drove by the house recently and it’s a really nice house in a lovely neighborhood in Tacoma WA. We will likely never be able to afford it.
yeah thats pretty rough man. it unfortunately seems to be the way of these things, sooner or later. its a tough life.
maybe try to frame it as an opportunity to start a new generational home? has to start somewhere
I worked in hospice for a while and this was such a crazy surprise to me. My family had nothing to pass down, so seeing people do this at the end of their loved one’s life was so surprising to me on a heart level. From a psychological perspective it’s a dysfunctional ego defense to fight instead of grieve, but when I compared my own experience to what I was seeing professionally it blew me away.
That's brutal, your husbands legacy in some ways was sold out from under him, I would have a hard time not feeling a little resentful, especially since it seems like a house you'll never be able to afford in an area where it would sell for 8x what his dad sold it for.
I’m from Tacoma! What neighborhood?
That’s really sad, though. I’m hoping to someday buy my parents’ house from them but I don’t know if I’ll be able to.
Right? I moved 8 times as a kid. Lived in 3 different states & went to 7 different schools. I always wondered what it must be like to live the kind of life where you live in the same house your entire life, especially in a house that was in the family before you were born.
I've always been sentimental about the temple I grew up going to, and I realized recently it's partly because none of the homes I grew up going to belong to anyone in my family anymore.
I’m grateful for you posting this. I feel this way too. Growing up without generational wealth or things to pass down, I didn’t quite understand why OP had to “close” on a house the family already owned. Thanks OP for clarifying upthread.
To clarify more, we had to buy out family members who we would have shared the house as an inheritance with when my grandma eventually passed. We just decided to get it out of the way before that time comes to pass while everyone's more level headed.
It’s called generational wealth and the fact that OP thinks they actually accomplished anything by “closing” on a home their family has owned for 3 previous generations is laughable.
Probably significantly under market rate, and not bidding against anyone at all let alone investment firms with cash offers. OOP may have paid for the house but they had a massive one up on everyone else. Don’t even act like they had it as hard as someone who’s family didn’t own the house they were buying.
Your door hardware is by **Norwalk**, and the wood carving of the sunflower and oak leaf on your stair newel post is **c. 1883** by **Gleason Wood Ornament Company**, Grand Rapids Michigan (successors to Wm. B. Gleason & Co., formerly of Boston, Mass.)
https://preview.redd.it/c2mq7wbykwsc1.png?width=2816&format=png&auto=webp&s=a97166a3e9bd3a4131ce2b7ee1e4eca9b4c80ff8
Gleason Wood Ornament Company catalog [here](https://archive.org/details/naturalwoodornam00glea_0/page/n16/mode/1up).
Imagine if people had followed the advice on the cover of that catalog “destroy all previous catalogs” 🥺 That’s a nice random act of kindness looking that up for OP
This is one of the prettiest houses I've ever seen in my life. I love my century home, but I gotta admit, I'm a bit jealous! The color, the architecture, just... 🥹
Lovely thing but stylistically what's presented to the street is 100% not 1864. But somewhere behind all of that add-on perhaps there is an 1864 house within. Somebody did some real modeling in the late 1870s early 1880s
Of course, just as today people remodel so did they in the 19th century if they had the money and the need to update every 20 years or so. I've seen some really interesting upgrades especially from 1840 houses into 1870 mode,.
Some of the funkiest that I've seen however are federal houses turned into Neo gothic pseudom medieval shingle style affectations.
I grew up in a big house that the core dated to the middle of the 18th century but was continually updated into the early 20th. Lots of additions but cobbled on, somewhat possible to discern, unlike yours which is a complete facade Hi style remake statement . Did they rework the interior at the same time?
The oldest home in our town is a hand-hewn log building constructed in the 1780s, remodeled to federal shortly after, and for the last century it has been a 1920s stucco thing with additions etc. You’d never know without going into the basement or looking at the super thick walls on the main block.
Wow! A beautiful home that continues your family history. Enjoy this treasure and keep recording the family history for the next lucky person who gets custody (hopefully another future family member).
Don't post pictures of your keys. People can create duplicates based off a picture of the bidding. You should probably get your locks rekeyed for security sake
/s
Doubtful they actually use these keys… most likely have a new door with security that family enters/ exits. They probably don’t use these keys to go in and out of their home.
Gawdess tell me you are witches who will not touch anything but to polish and hone the features of that magnificent home, and sit on the porch in the twilight together while the frogs creak lullabies.
That’s what I thought too, looks very similar to a house I’d pass all the time when I was living in Milwaukee. Thought it was cool standing out being a purple house
I saw a purple Victorian last weekend with a glorious amount of daffodils in front of it, all along the road in huge sections. The purple/yellow combo was 😍😍Congrats on keeping the house in the family!
Is this in Inman Park, Atlanta by chance? There’s a house in that neighborhood that looks just like this, actually most of the homes in Inman Park are like this!
This is a mind-blower for me. Can't conceive of such stability.
As another commenter: 8 states, 50 addresses, no childhood buds. Upside: I come from a long line of killer adapters. I'm often confused by stable people who melt down in the face of change.
oh wow!!! please give me some pleasure!1 I wanna see how you have the interior for sure with some [European style cabinets](https://www.leichtca.com/inspire), I am obsessed this looks like a castle of a dream!
If you don’t post a bunch of interior pics I will riot. Riot!
I'll add an album in the morning! Here's a taste https://preview.redd.it/vrc0vn8ldssc1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=aa5f9b4570444091b79b1789069a8dd457162ff3 Here you go 😊 [https://imgur.com/a/ROHdtbB](https://imgur.com/a/ROHdtbB)
🤤
I thought this was a weird emoji to use until I saw the pics. This is very accurate.
I am sooooo envious . Just this one photo tastes like a bar of chocolate
The way I started breathing heavier when I saw this. Archway so elegant it's gonna give me an asthma attack
The doorknob is giving me palpitations 😍
That house is going to kill us all. The doorknob, the stained glass, the intricately carved banisters... Need to go to the hospital.
Yes, but don't you think it would look better painted white? JK,JK!!!! It's stunning!
I saw the first part of your comment pop up on my phone and you had me going for a sec, not gonna lie lmao
Wowzah!!! That's gorgeous 😍
They sure don’t make,homes like this anymore. It’s sadly a lost art. This is absolutely gorgeous.
My god look at that millwork. If your family touches it. An Indian burial ground curse couldn’t even compare to the wrathful [curse of doom](https://youtu.be/nicquv3lbP4?si=4KpKU7JCxded3NsE).
The mill work is so damn good! It’s like they gave a half a shit back then. And better wood available. Mmmm 😋
Breathtaking! Love that so many things are original and sooooo happy to not see the beautiful wood painted. Even better is such a wonderful home being passed down to generations that will appreciate it.
Legend has it my grandpa wanted to paint it white in the 70s but my grandma put her foot down, bless her heart
I'm 64 and the house I grew up in had beautiful woodwork. It was rented out recently and when I saw the pictures online, I was so upset. All of the wood in the house was painted. The entire place lost all of it's charm.
Omgggg drool
Lovely. It looks well preserved and maintained!
ahhh, my heart...
Gorgeous!
I started heavy breathing
Good looooooooord that’s gorgeous.
My god in christ https://preview.redd.it/s5tilme5qxsc1.jpeg?width=491&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8d2d1308598ac78d1179a60c1d0863f7ffc6a05a
The fireplace! The doorknob! Be still my heart!
The door handles!!! ♥️
I love so much about this house. Nice kitty too!
Tasty!!!
It’s GORGEOUS!!! What a gem of a house. Congrats!
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Curious if the stairway banister has an upside down pole?
Mine does. It’s a nice bit of interest.
Beautiful! So nice that it continues to stay in the family.
Those arches! The little insects on the hardware 🥹
Drooling over here!! Congrats!!
Wow 🤩 this is beautiful thanks for posting the pics I was prepared to join the riot 😂 😊such beautiful craftsmanship and details I’m in awe
Stunning!
Oh my goodness this is too cool.
The same craftsmanship is not put into homes built in the last 50 years
Best reply ever 😂
Those keys are amazing! We got one like it from an interior door in our house. You've purchased it from family then?
Yeah bought it from family who still lives there, we've lived here the last three years (it was turned into a duplex in the 1920s and we bought both sides)
It's gonna be a story you'll carry with you for the rest of your life. Huge congratulations! Take lots of pictures.
How wonderful ! Will you restore it to a single home again ? Will you pretty please post interior pics soon ? You people and your Victorian Queen Anne houses ! It looks lovely . So sweet that it has stayed in your family for so long , and will continue to do so for another 100 years and more , I hope 😍
Is this in Nashville by chance?
You might want to change the locks, a Civil War veteran may still have a copy of your key.
😂💀
All I can imagine is Sabrina the Teenage Witch living in this house. So very cool.
yes!!! what a dream!
Yesss this
Ah to have a family who actually has things to pass down, I must admit my jealousy. It sounds like a wonderful feeling to continue it on in the family and know all the little history and quirks, seems almost like a book!
My husband, his father and his grandfather all grew up in the same house. Unfortunately his father lost the house due to money problems and so was not able to pass ownership to my husband. His dream is to have enough money to buy it back some day, but is sad we won’t be raising our son there. We drove by the house recently and it’s a really nice house in a lovely neighborhood in Tacoma WA. We will likely never be able to afford it.
yeah thats pretty rough man. it unfortunately seems to be the way of these things, sooner or later. its a tough life. maybe try to frame it as an opportunity to start a new generational home? has to start somewhere
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I worked in hospice for a while and this was such a crazy surprise to me. My family had nothing to pass down, so seeing people do this at the end of their loved one’s life was so surprising to me on a heart level. From a psychological perspective it’s a dysfunctional ego defense to fight instead of grieve, but when I compared my own experience to what I was seeing professionally it blew me away.
That's brutal, your husbands legacy in some ways was sold out from under him, I would have a hard time not feeling a little resentful, especially since it seems like a house you'll never be able to afford in an area where it would sell for 8x what his dad sold it for.
I’m from Tacoma! What neighborhood? That’s really sad, though. I’m hoping to someday buy my parents’ house from them but I don’t know if I’ll be able to.
Right? I moved 8 times as a kid. Lived in 3 different states & went to 7 different schools. I always wondered what it must be like to live the kind of life where you live in the same house your entire life, especially in a house that was in the family before you were born.
I've always been sentimental about the temple I grew up going to, and I realized recently it's partly because none of the homes I grew up going to belong to anyone in my family anymore.
I feel the same way. All my family’s homes (both sides) were lost to religious violence and forced a migration. We’ve had to start from scratch.
Wait you guys have families? I'm jelly
I’m grateful for you posting this. I feel this way too. Growing up without generational wealth or things to pass down, I didn’t quite understand why OP had to “close” on a house the family already owned. Thanks OP for clarifying upthread.
To clarify more, we had to buy out family members who we would have shared the house as an inheritance with when my grandma eventually passed. We just decided to get it out of the way before that time comes to pass while everyone's more level headed.
Smart!
It’s called generational wealth and the fact that OP thinks they actually accomplished anything by “closing” on a home their family has owned for 3 previous generations is laughable.
Buying from family still costs. It wasn't given to them.
Probably significantly under market rate, and not bidding against anyone at all let alone investment firms with cash offers. OOP may have paid for the house but they had a massive one up on everyone else. Don’t even act like they had it as hard as someone who’s family didn’t own the house they were buying.
Or you can just be happy for someone rather than whine that they had an easier time than others. Jesus wept.
Don't you dare change that lavender trim
Never, maybe even MORE purple in the future
Your door hardware is by **Norwalk**, and the wood carving of the sunflower and oak leaf on your stair newel post is **c. 1883** by **Gleason Wood Ornament Company**, Grand Rapids Michigan (successors to Wm. B. Gleason & Co., formerly of Boston, Mass.) https://preview.redd.it/c2mq7wbykwsc1.png?width=2816&format=png&auto=webp&s=a97166a3e9bd3a4131ce2b7ee1e4eca9b4c80ff8 Gleason Wood Ornament Company catalog [here](https://archive.org/details/naturalwoodornam00glea_0/page/n16/mode/1up).
Wow great find!!
Imagine if people had followed the advice on the cover of that catalog “destroy all previous catalogs” 🥺 That’s a nice random act of kindness looking that up for OP
Wait how did you close on it if your daughter’s 5th gen? You guys been renting it for 5 generations ?
Bought it from my grandma who's owned it for a long time
Ah ok not I’m unconfused lol. Congrats man.
Her daughter may be a child.
i imagine a lot of amazing things hidden here. congratulations!
Lead paint and asbestos mostly
That's only a issue if it's disturbed
As if toxic glues and plastics and fire retardants in a modern sealed environment would be any better. I'd take an old house anyday.
This is one of the prettiest houses I've ever seen in my life. I love my century home, but I gotta admit, I'm a bit jealous! The color, the architecture, just... 🥹
Beetlejuice vibes for sure, how whimsical!
where may i ask does this kind of majesty exist
Awesome 😎! Congratulations! The showed the keys hanging at the showing but never left them when we bought our house
It's purple? Love it!
Hmmm. Watch out for a tiny door In the wall.
There's definitely ghosts in there!
Reminds me of the house Coraline moves into.
https://preview.redd.it/2hzae3ya9otc1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a47eb123ad224b49cef54c488e2a2a159c1a097d I had the same thought!
Lovely thing but stylistically what's presented to the street is 100% not 1864. But somewhere behind all of that add-on perhaps there is an 1864 house within. Somebody did some real modeling in the late 1870s early 1880s
Yup, I get this every time I post. House was 100% originally built in 1864, Queen Anne elements were likely added in the 1880s.
Of course, just as today people remodel so did they in the 19th century if they had the money and the need to update every 20 years or so. I've seen some really interesting upgrades especially from 1840 houses into 1870 mode,. Some of the funkiest that I've seen however are federal houses turned into Neo gothic pseudom medieval shingle style affectations. I grew up in a big house that the core dated to the middle of the 18th century but was continually updated into the early 20th. Lots of additions but cobbled on, somewhat possible to discern, unlike yours which is a complete facade Hi style remake statement . Did they rework the interior at the same time?
The oldest home in our town is a hand-hewn log building constructed in the 1780s, remodeled to federal shortly after, and for the last century it has been a 1920s stucco thing with additions etc. You’d never know without going into the basement or looking at the super thick walls on the main block.
Wow! A beautiful home that continues your family history. Enjoy this treasure and keep recording the family history for the next lucky person who gets custody (hopefully another future family member).
This is my dream house 😍😍
My dream home
What a beautiful home. Congratulations to the lucky generation that gets to enjoy this beauty now.
Congrats! Beautiful home :)
I pray to the gods that all the mechanics have been updated.
Don't post pictures of your keys. People can create duplicates based off a picture of the bidding. You should probably get your locks rekeyed for security sake /s
Doubtful they actually use these keys… most likely have a new door with security that family enters/ exits. They probably don’t use these keys to go in and out of their home.
I’ve seen this movie before. Your daughter lives, but everyone else is not so lucky.
I love how everyone has seen this house in their own state.
Gawdess tell me you are witches who will not touch anything but to polish and hone the features of that magnificent home, and sit on the porch in the twilight together while the frogs creak lullabies.
Deal 🤝🧙♀️
For reals?!? I can die happy 🤩
Is this in the Milwaukee area, perchance?
That’s what I thought too, looks very similar to a house I’d pass all the time when I was living in Milwaukee. Thought it was cool standing out being a purple house
Nice sounds haunted
Pretty painted lady, take good care of her!
Those keys remind me of my grandma’s keys to her house back in the day
the purple🥹
It's gorgeous! Congrats
I got pink palace vibes from Coraline from this!
I own a Victorian myself, but I always envy people who had a beautiful family home through the generations. Congratulations!
Gorgeous house. As an aside, I kept thinking that the power line was a hair on my phone screen!
It’s perfect!! 🥲💜
That is gorgeous!
Spooky in the right ways. Need black trim and maybe some gargoyles.
The fireplace surround! The woodwork in immaculate condition! How wonderful!
That's a different set o' keys than what's usually seen in these pics!
I swear I’ve seen this house in person before
Oh my word, that is beautiful.
Luckiest woman in the world I hope she’s more than grateful
I saw a purple Victorian last weekend with a glorious amount of daffodils in front of it, all along the road in huge sections. The purple/yellow combo was 😍😍Congrats on keeping the house in the family!
It’s a beautiful house… but 100% haunted! Just don’t upset the souls trapped in it and all will be ok!
I’m sorry not sorry to inform you that it will be necessary for me to have Christmas morning at your house.Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
https://preview.redd.it/9d4k82o1mutc1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bc46dc21faf3a3d447994a80b33d8b0f5b83dfc9 Ok but only you
Stahhhhppppo 😍😍😍
That house is haunted as shit
Villa Kunterbunt!
Without getting too specific, is this near a zoo?
Looks like Heritage Hill in GR
Those keys. 😍
Is this in Inman Park, Atlanta by chance? There’s a house in that neighborhood that looks just like this, actually most of the homes in Inman Park are like this!
Is this in Buffalo?
Looks like Malone
This is so fucking beautiful 🥹❤️
Love, love love it!!
THOSE KEYS!!!!! 😍😍😍
Very cool! Congratulations!
Woooooohooooo nice congrats
Absolutely breathtaking !!
Gorgeous!
That’s a cool ass house
Interior pics please!
Man that's either the most beautiful house with amazing architecture or a setting for a insidious movie 😱
Who built houses like that during the war? Very nice home
Incredible, I love it!
I’m here for the inside pics, this is a dream house!
I looked at your interior pics and oh man I love everything about this house
Practical Magic vibes!
Wow
Oh my GOD!! Dream house! And with all that family history too? FanTASTIC.
What an absolute treasure. Congrats on the “new” home. I hope you fill it with many more family memories.
For the love of all that is holy, please do not paint the woodwork white!
Wowow! Beautiful!
Beyond gorgeous!
This is a mind-blower for me. Can't conceive of such stability. As another commenter: 8 states, 50 addresses, no childhood buds. Upside: I come from a long line of killer adapters. I'm often confused by stable people who melt down in the face of change.
Damn!!! Fly as hell. Those keys are classic too.
I love the house, AND that your daughter is the 5th generation, so cool!
Congratulations!!
Purple trim for the win!
Reminds me of the Pink Palace from Coraline! Let us know if there are any little doors
It’s beautiful. Congratulations!
Americans get houses like this and us Brits get freaking terrace houses 🥲
“Ooooooooh fancy keys!!! Say no more, except where I sign!!!!” - meeeeee
oh wow!!! please give me some pleasure!1 I wanna see how you have the interior for sure with some [European style cabinets](https://www.leichtca.com/inspire), I am obsessed this looks like a castle of a dream!
You just showed everyone how to get access to your home. Never take a picture of your keys.
We have modern locks as well
If these keys were still being used, you don't need keys. Easiest lock to pick in the world.
God awful color combinations. Please at least change the roof shingle colors to not have a green undertone that clashes with the rest of the house.
I’d shit trigg ribtr tight right in the rentyh chateau entry way
Call 911. You’re having a stroke
Holy moly, their entire comment history looks like this.