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Love Fireplaces? This $650,000 Indian Village Home Has 6

March 16, 2017, 8:02 AM
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Photo from Redfin site

Can there be such a thing as too many fireplaces in a home? This one has six.

The home in at 1075 Burns in Detroit's Indian Village is being listed on Redfin for $650,000.


Redfin photo

Robin Runyan of Curbed Detroit writes: 

The house was originally built in 1890 and sat at Jefferson and Jos Campau. The owner, Walter Russel, an engineer and owner of Russel Wheel & Foundry, designed the house. Several doorknobs around the house are shaped as wheels as a reminder of his source of wealth, and the iron work and port cochere decorating the exterior have been claimed to be made in his foundry. In 1920-21, the house was disassembeled, carefully numbered, and rebuilt in reverse.

When rebuilt, the Russels took advantage of the construction to make a few tweaks to the interior, but the exterior became a mirror image.

 


Read more:  Curbed Detroit


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