The Getzendanner House was built sometime around or before the civil war supposedly by a General. During the Spanish American War the home was owned by a wealthy business man who also owned several other homes and businesses in the area. The exact year is unclear, but at some point the house was moved or the street was modified and the large home gained a completely different Greek Revival style facade with a huge front porch. The home was converted to apartments in the 40's or 50's and presumably rented out until the late 90's or early 2000's.
The house currently sets in between two other also vacant homes and is no longer maintained. We went at night first and our way in was a bit of a challenge. When we got in we were expecting a massive, open home full of flowing rooms. We weren't exactly wrong. The place was massive, and definitely full of rooms, except for the fact the whole house was broken up into a mix of 5 or 6 different apartments, mostly unfinished construction except for one that was seemingly stuck in the 1990's and had half of the previous tenant's belongings still in it just the way they left them. The place was charming and kind of mesmerizing in its own way. While it wasn't a completely untouched fully furnished mansion, it was interesting seeing how the place would have looked before it was converted, that and so many parts of it were still in tact. There is currently next to no information on the house or its history except for a few pictures and human recounts, so it was really special being able to document such an off the grid piece of history. Oh and I can't forget the best part- it was all natural decay.
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