Limestone house

[The Barbarian]

 

[This child]

Looks like it could have an interesting history to it. Wonder how long it has been empty.

 

[The Barbarian]

Looks like it could have an interesting history to it. Wonder how long it has been empty.

It's on a little island in the Mississippi River in Iowa. A place called Sabula, where I grew up in a kind of Huck Finn environment. About 55 years ago, it was the residence and office of the town's doctor. It was one of the first houses built in that community, by a wealthy merchant ca, 1846. It's had some residents since, but no one really took care of it. It deserves better.

 

[This child]

It's on a little island in the Mississippi River in Iowa. A place called Sabula, where I grew up in a kind of Huck Finn environment. About 55 years ago, it was the residence and office of the town's doctor. It was one of the first houses built in that community, by a wealthy merchant ca, 1846. It's had some residents since, but no one really took care of it. It deserves better.

Thanks for the history. Shame to see it in the condition it is in.

 

[Rightwrong]

I like the arrangement of nature around it

 

[K9Kirk]

It looks strong, still. A shame if it's left to wither away.

 

[The Barbarian]

Er, turns out, this was Mrs. Barbarian's image. We share the same Flickr account, and sometimes, we forget whose is whose.

 

[MitchP]

Nice image and cool old house!

I think there's a little purple fringing going on, especially in top left corner? An easy fix in software

 

[jeffashman]

It's a beautiful house.