Posted May 21, 200520 yr This is a place to post pics of the odd-looking houses you come across in your city. Then we can all critique them (or make fun of them). Here are a few that I got off of the MLS: This one on Montgomery Rd. in Norwood is just bad: This one on Rohs St. in Clifton Heights is similarly bad: I'm noticing a pattern! This one is also in Clifton Heights, on Klotter. It may be an ugly house, but it probably has a killer view!: I'll end on a high note--I actually like this one. It's on Fuller St. in Mt. Adams and it's for sale for $1,150,000:
May 22, 200520 yr critique away! A president's birthplace............in...............yup, aluminum siding! edit: found a fun modern one:
May 22, 200520 yr Whichever president it is, the house is better than the birthplace of President Hayes: (Not the best picture, but I think you can still tell what it is.) I can't think of any weird houses off the top of my head, so I guess I don't have any real contributions here.
May 22, 200520 yr So the National McKinley Birthplace Memorial is not incorporated with the birth house...
May 22, 200520 yr what about the mushroom house in Cincinnati (Hyde Park area)??? check out this link... http://www.cincinnati.com/local/hydepark/E50html_11182003__GNHProadtrip.ART_Other.html there have got to be more out there, though...
May 22, 200520 yr Here are some larger pics of the mushroom house by ColDayMan and montecarloss. I'll just give the links: ColDayMan's photo montecarloss's photo
May 22, 200520 yr There is another house in Hyde Park that is built with a tree in the middle and seriously resembles a mushroom. I always called the above house the fish house...not exactly sure why...
May 22, 200520 yr Here's another one that's just sort of sad more than anything else. This is recently built on Fred Shuttlesworth in Avondale:
May 23, 200520 yr So the National McKinley Birthplace Memorial is not incorporated with the birth house... They are a block apart And the memorial is pretty sad, there's some pictures of the interior/exterior on the main page of UO
May 23, 200520 yr That's a shame...he was a pretty important president. Roosevelt may have brought it to its fruition, but McKinley was the first Imperial President...last president who served in the Civil War, former governor of Ohio, and considered the nicest man ever to be president...at least the other sites associated with him are cool looking - the tomb is impressive, and the Saxton House looks gorgeous.
May 30, 200520 yr Weird? Not exactly. Maybe just a litte too modern for some people. But here are a few houses in Middletown of various ages and sizes that I have always thought were odd looking. This first house is a 2006 sqft ranch built in 1959 (from the brown and orange, you'd think the 1970s) and is located on Shadow Hill Rd. This second house is a 6700 sqft ranch built in 1966 and is located on Curryer Rd. While odd looking, this is one example of modern that I don't mind. I've actually seen pics of the inside of this house when it was on the market about a year ago. Lots of use of natural materials both inside and out. And finally, this 2470 sqft two story contemporary built in 1972 is on Riverview Ave. Never understood the two story part in the middle.
June 2, 200520 yr I did a little digging on that "round" house I posted from Green Twp. and found out it is a quonset hut, which grew out of WWII. That particular one was erected in 1946. They are relatively rare these days. More about quonset huts: http://mama.essortment.com/quonsethutsbui_rems.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quonset_hut http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi1278.htm
June 19, 200519 yr Here's another gem: This one's new construction on Kentucky St. in Newport. No ornamentation or imagination whatsoever:
July 23, 200519 yr Here are a few more I ran across: 2410 Ashland Ave. Nice use of siding on the addition: 2565 Ridgeland Pl in the Pleasant Ridge neighborhood. This is just strange: 4295 Selby Ct. in Cheviot. Luck o' the Irish!:
July 23, 200519 yr It looks like they parked a part of a trailer home in front of their Second Empire mansion.
August 23, 200519 yr Here are a couple more: 4012 DeCoursey Ave., Covington (Latonia). This building not only features a first-floor diagonal doorway, but it also looks like it's been added on to three times. That's a lot of siding! 9105 Reading Rd., Reading. This commercial building grabs the passerby with an awe-inspiring window display:
October 11, 200519 yr The home looks as cheap as the sign. If that is a dream..will someone please pinch the builder.
October 12, 200519 yr This house isn't half as bad looking as the houses being built by Maronda in Monroe Xing and Wyandot Woods.
October 12, 200519 yr http://cis.csuohio.edu/~paul/images/Pub1.png http://cis.csuohio.edu/~paul/images/Pub2.png http://cis.csuohio.edu/~paul/images/Pub3.png I like this wierd one..
December 19, 200519 yr I don't even know where to begin on this one. This is at 734 Eubanks Rd. in Crescent Springs, KY. Apparently there are several there that look like this:
December 23, 200519 yr I remember a weird house on snider rd in cincinnati that looked like a gingerbread house it had a huge rocking chair in the front. It was a teardown so a Mc'mansion could be built. Late 80's..? Anybody have memories of the home? I can't find any pics anywhere.
December 24, 200519 yr Are you talking about the Cotswold Cottage house? http://www.cincinnati.com/local/hydepark/E50html_11182003__GNHProadtrip.ART_Other.html
January 3, 200619 yr not exactly sure if this qualifies, but it certainly a 'weird' apt. building. Increadibly 'thin' and just plain ugly, IMHO. I can't imagine why no one is living there. ;) this is at that strange 5 way intersection including Sycamore/Auburn/Dorchester in Mt. Auburn.
January 3, 200619 yr I like it too. These types of buildings are common in Europe, but in areas that are more dense. I'm not sure where this is though,
January 5, 200619 yr WHAT?!? I love that building! I also see it as being a likely future rehab project.
January 5, 200619 yr man, i almost forgot! i stayed in the mushroom house last week and i took lots of pictures! i'll post 'em later on...
January 6, 200619 yr All great examples of what happens when you turn some people loose at a Home Depot or Lowes.... remuddling.
January 7, 200619 yr I love the pic, it is taken at a slight angle so it looks like it is falling down the hill (and maby it is) glad to see my house isn't the only one. There are several more of these including 13 and Reading/Liberty and I believe another at Vine and perhaps E Mcmicken which someone should get a pic of the Flintstone house over there, if anyone knows which one I am talking about, the word on the street is the owner is trying to scrape up the money to rehab
January 7, 200619 yr well as Kramer would say "I guess I was WAY off!!" I'll change my opinion from 'ugly' to 'funky'. ;) I dig flatiron buildings too (like the one at Court/Eggleston/Broadway) but this one is a little too severe for my tastes. What I do like.. is UrbanOhio.
January 7, 200619 yr I had the good fortune of spending the night with a couple of friends who recently started renting the rear portion of this house from its owner, architect Terry Brown. The architect's studio and meeting space still occupies the front portion of the house and one of my friends has been working with him for about 3 years, doing much of the work for the residential unit herself before moving in. I'll say this before getting to the pictures: imagine the detail and craftwork that went into the exterior of this building and multiply it by about 10 and you'll start to get an idea of how much work went into the interiors. They asked me politely not to post any of the interior shots, however, which I understand completely, as it is their home! (PS: anyone who does go by this to check it out, please respect that this is a home!) The top of the "mushroom:" The bottom of the "mushroom:" The "mushroom" and "bird's nest," which contain the conference room: These are the front steps leading up to the architect's office: The front porch: Hand-crafted stained glass is found throughout the house and was largely done by a local artist: The roofline looking from the rear towards the apartment's living room: A rock garden and wall in the rear, next to the apartment entrance: More of the exterior: The one shot I'm displaying from the interior is this shot from the "bird's nest" looking over Erie Ave. hope you enjoyed!
January 7, 200619 yr Wonderful...say, how often do they get asked to show their house on assorted home tours?
January 8, 200619 yr interesting opportunity and great job. that one has got to be the weird looking houses thread winner. I'll say this before getting to the pictures: imagine the detail and craftwork that went into the exterior of this building and multiply it by about 10 and you'll start to get an idea of how much work went into the interiors. They asked me politely not to post any of the interior shots, however, which I understand completely, as it is their home! now that cracked me up, oh yeah sure they must be very private people & they wouldn't want any attention drawn -- lol! ah well too bad they are so shy -- your remark about the interior was tantilizing it and sounds like it would be something to see.
January 8, 200619 yr ^well, seeing as they just moved in about a two months ago, I don't know what they've encountered as far as home tour requests and what not. I do know that they've woken up to people peeping through the windows, though! As for them being private people, they're two of the friendliest friends I have, but the apartment is still the property of the architect whose studio is still in the building. I don't know what kind of arrangement they have, but I would imagine that they have a polite agreement not to treat it as a showroom without his permission. As for what it's like inside, for about the first 15 minutes, my eyes were wide and my mouth agape, but after a little while, it gets to be comfy and it really just feels like a cozy little cottage!
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