Sold- Cheapish Circa 1910 Illinois Charles G. Powers Mansion For Sale $130K
OHU50K Notes $130,000 Sold for $149,500
This mansion for sale for $130,000 may sound like a real deal, but the devil is in the details.
Agent Comments
MANSION FOR SALE: So much history in this property, originally built in 1910 for Charles Powers and restored in late 1980s-1990s by the Bachrach family. This mansion is just a few blocks from downtown Decatur on a brick street encompassing well over 1 acre yard on a prime corner lot. 3 full stories of grandeur, 5 bedrooms, 4 full baths, what a great place for your large family reunions, hanging out, (think the Big Chill movie), executive housing, short term rentals. This house has so many possibilities and so many square feet, with open porches on 2 levels, basement (underground garage) access from the back. Room sizes are estimated! Selling AS IS and occupied. Have your written financing/proof of cash funds in hand and be ready to buy.
- 5 bed
- 4.5 bath
- 7,730 sqft
- 1.3 acre lot
- Build date 1900
History
Charles G. Powers
This gorgeous home was built in 1910 for Charles G. Powers (1861-1926) and his wife Effie at a cost of $100,000. Charles was a manager of his father’s estate which consisted of several thousand acres of land in Macon County. He and his wife were snowbirds who spent winters in Florida, but as an asthmatic, Florida was detrimental to his condition. He passed away from bronchial complications in 1926 while at a resort in Florida.
John F. Wieser
Somehow Effie Powers got involved in a Florida land investment swindle and the Powers mansion was foreclosed upon. John F. Wieser then purchased it in 1933. JP Gobberdiel purchased it from Wieser in 1935 and sold it back to him in 1937.
Samuel D. Jarvis
Two years later Samuel D. Jarvis, the largest independent oil operator in Southern Illinois at the time, purchased the home with plans to completely remodel the house and grounds. Hollywood actress Nancy Walters, a Jarvis sister-in-law, often stayed at the home. In fact, she had an extended stay in 1961 after she shooting the film “Blue Hawaii” with Elvis Presley. It has even been rumored that the King of Rock n’ Roll came to visit her there.
Later
The mansion stood empty for quite some time, and an arson fire put it in jeopardy in the 1970s, when the city threatened to bulldoze it to build a senior housing complex.
In 1988, however, the Bachrach family, who owned Decatur-based Bachrach Clothing Inc., puchased the mansion. They restored it in the 1990s and used the mansion as a training center for their business before it was sold at the 2005 auction to Anthony Grayson for $400,000. He is now the subject of a foreclosure action and refuses to leave the house or let anyone in the house. That is why the house has no interior pictures and must be sold without viewing the interior, plus the buyer will have have to make eviction arrangements.
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6 Comments
anthony hemenes III
i like to know more on this house if its still 4 sale you can call me please leave mesg. and i call right back
Catherine Norine
What would the taxes be?
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$10,000
Donna Hampton
Does it have a pool? Please forgive my first email.
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