In the running as Ugliest House as documented by Forgotten Providence. This house also gives me the creeps. And it’s been this way for quite a while. In a succession of neighbor-touching-neighbor blight with 26 – 28 Gilmore and 31 Gilmore that certainly makes good case for the “bad apple” theory of community rot.
Big time access.
UPDATE
The right front awning fell into the street one morning. I went back to take a picture, and someone—a driver?—moved it onto the sidewalk. Kinda.
It sat just like in the picture for almost four weeks before being removed by the city. Awesome.
This abominable house is listed for sale at $35K.
Nearby Houses:
None yet photographed. Please take a picture if you see one.
Gives me the creeps, too. Remove it. Now.
This place, 42 Gilmore and the Victorian you mention in the write up of 42 Gilmore are all owned by the same family. There was a Reverend and he/his church owned them- he passed away and the children have them now. They own/owned a number of the houses on Arch St and sold a few which are now happily occupied- the ones that didn’t sell are on your site minus the Victorian, which I sadly watched go from all its original charm and for sale $90k to broken windows and vandalized for $36k. After it had at least 3 months of broken windows and daily visits by teens skipping school and wreaking havoc, they finally decided to board it up. Whatever good use they intended for the properties when purchased went along with the Reverend. The city should repossess them and tear them down and plant some trees.
The past week there have been guys working on this place. It has a permit tacked to the front, so its legit I guess. I can think of many places on this sight that are more deserving of rehab, but I’m not going to complain if this gets fixed up.
If it’s fixed up, it will ultimately be a multi-fam with no parking.
If it does get fixed up nice and purty we should screen t-shirts for the neighborhood with its “before” image that says “never forget.”