“It’s a special type of person with a special kind of mindset that buys an old house. You’re not there to impose, you are really a steward of the past.”
-Kathyrn Holt
I see you there, old house…
…at the corner of AL-15 and Chunnenuggee in Union Springs.
I love your tree-lined street, and (thanks to Google Maps) I can see that your next-door and across-the-street neighbors are cute as a button, too:
(That’s you on the right!)
I know what you looked like back in the late 1800s, too…
Makes me wonder what happened to your porches…and what color your body used to be.
An article online said your name is “Culver-Ayers House”. It said you were built by Major Isaac F. Culver, who was the state commissioner of agriculture at the time. I bet he and his family had so much fun doing life with you!
I found photos of what you looked like a few years ago, too…
…and I was so glad the folks who bought you in 2012 (for less than $60K!) did such a good job of cleaning you up.
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I know the rest of you probably looks much different now too, but I love all these old photos I found of you!
I hear you’re back on the market…$125,000 this time. That’s mind-blowing, if you ask me. You know you’re precious, right? I might have to drive over amd tell you that to your face sometime. 😉
Your listing also says you’re almost 6000 square feet, and that you have 5 (or 6?) large bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, heart pine flooring, a grand entrance foyer, a front parlor room, a winding staircase, wooden pocket doors, stained glass windows, a new geo thermal heating/cooling system on the first floor, NINE fireplaces, formal living and dining rooms, a large fenced-in backyard, a carriage house, a gazebo, and that you sit on a 1.34-acre corner lot. We’re not in the market for a move, but if we were, boy would you be tempting!
Oh what a grand house! My nephew is a Culver. Not sure but I believe his roots do go back to Alabama/Georgia area. It would be interesting to find out. Also, that house is worth looking into at that price. Happy Friday Layla!
I wonder about those great porches, too. Much prettier with the porches. I live in a 165 year old home – so, speaking from experience, I am guessing the wood rotted and no one wanted to pay for new wood or repairs! We have so many things that need repair around our home – the lady before us told us in 2000 that she was “a child of the depression” and when the fence around the backyard needed to be painted, she just had it removed, instead! (then we had to pay for a new fence when we wanted one!) Oh, the love-hate relationship with old homes.
Thank you for sharing! My husband and I have wondered through Union Springs ourselves looking and dreaming about those old homes. Must have been a grand town at one time!
Oh, thank you for sharing. How beautiful!
I’m new to your post, Union Springs in NY?
No, it’s in Sweet Home Alabama, Mechelle. 🙂
Wow! What a beauty. It must need a bit of work still at that price. I’d be tempted too.
I live in the beautiful City of Union Springs. I enjoyed reading your post and veiwing the picture!
That is my parents home town. This is the second time you’ve posted a house from Union Springs. I’ll have to show it to them and see if they recognize it.
$125,000? Wow! And with all those improvements too? There must be something wrong with it! Haunted? I’d love to see all of the rooms and the carriage house.
I want to live there! Not sure I can get my husband to move from California but this house would tempt him too, not too mention the price. Someone needs to rebuild those porches! Simply gorgeous…
Cindy W.,
We did it! We moved to Union Springs from San Diego 2 years ago and have loved every minute of it. The South has been such a blessing and the people here absolutely welcome you with open arms. Life is beautiful (and affordable) on the East side of the Mississippi!
Sigh. I LOVE old houses! This one is such a treasure, thank you for sharing her!
I wish the beautiful turn of the century homes in my town went for prices this low! We have one similar to this that was on the market a couple years ago…..for $1.5 MILLION. Yes. And it still needed remodeling!
Sigh. I love old houses!
Only $125K? Are you kidding me? Even with our lousy Aussie dollar I COULD buy that! Man, that is crazy! I love that house! How I wish I could live there. I would definitely put back the lovely porches though.
I found reference to this house on another website…it says the house sold for $58,900! What a bargain!
Hi Jennifer! That just-under-$60K price was what it was sold for in 2012. It was listed at $125,000 this time around, and according to the realtor, it’s got a new owner this month! 😀
OH my do these old BEAUTIFUL they don’t build em like they used to houses make your heart sing OR what !!!!!! lovvveeeee❤️
Thanks for the treat Layla, and very tempting!!!?
We live in the country north of Toronto – the land of million dollar starter homes. I can’t even imagine what it would be like to live in that kind of grand home. Must be a fireplace in every bedroom – how luxurious!
Look at all the original hardwood in that beauty! I have a thing for pocket doors. When I was a kid I loved visiting my friend’s home across the neighborhood. She lived in a century home that had pocket doors just about everywhere. It made it the playroom feel like a secret hideaway.
Love this old home and all it’s charming characteristics, I want to know where all those porches went too! I love old homes or even houses with wrap around porches. They also did a really nice job cleaning it up. Although I would be tempted I wouldn’t know what to do with all that space! That is a CRAZY price though I feel it should be ALOT more. What a steal to who ever buys it!
Lauren Baxter | Lovely Decor
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