SENECA FALLS, N.Y. A five-bedroom two-and-a-half-bath Gothic revival from the mid-19th century PRICE: $169,000
SIZE: 3,160 square feet
“The house was built between 1864 and 1866 for a businessman, and the current owner uses its first floor as an art gallery. There are many original details throughout, including hardwood and parquet floors, and a carved wood staircase; the rest is in period style. the chimneys have been taken down, putting the four fireplaces out of commission.”
Posted NY Times 3/09/10: https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/10/greathomesanddestinations/10gh-what-1.html?scp=8&sq=/greathomesanddestinations&st=cse
CONTACT: Mel Russo, Senecayuga Properties (315) 246-3997; senecayugaproperties.com
About Lloyd Kahn
Lloyd Kahn started building his own home in the early '60s and went on to publish books showing homeowners how they could build their own homes with their own hands. He got his start in publishing by working as the shelter editor of the
Whole Earth Catalog with Stewart Brand in the late '60s. He has since authored six highly-graphic books on homemade building, all of which are interrelated. The books, "The Shelter Library Of Building Books," include
Shelter,
Shelter II (1978),
Home Work (2004),
Builders of the Pacific Coast (2008),
Tiny Homes (2012), and
Tiny Homes on the Move (2014). Lloyd operates from Northern California studio built of recycled lumber, set in the midst of a vegetable garden, and hooked into the world via five Mac computers. You can check out videos (one with over 450,000 views) on Lloyd by doing a search on YouTube:
How strange to see the intricate detailing around the fascia boards, then the rain water pipes clumsily running along the elevation underneath the first floor windows.
Its a shame the chimneys have gone too, they would probably have been quite high above the roof and would have gone with the steeply pitched roof nicely.