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This is what my house looked like in it's previous life. It's a Colonial
Revival vernacular. There are several houses within blocks of it's original
site built in the same style. It looks like the typical turn of the century
Texas style house. When I saw the picture in the newspaper listing it,
"For Sale To Be Moved", it was love at first sight. I knew it was my house
and I hadn't even seen the inside yet. It's probably a good thing I had
absolutely no idea what I was getting myself into. However, I can honestly
say...now that the scary part is over...I really would do it all over again...with
a few significant differences however. I'm only the 4th owner of this house.
It was built in 1911 by the Maloney family. In fact one of my neighbors
down the road is the daughter of the original owners. She was born in this
house. In the 20's the house was sold to the Mays family. They kept
the house in the family until the 80's. It was then sold to the church
next door and used as Sunday School space and for receptions. In 1993 the
church decided to add onto their existing building and put the house up
for sale to be moved.
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