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Save This Old House – c.1900 Fixer Upper in Old Town Historic District Selma AL $35K

Posted on January 26, 2021January 25, 2021 by [email protected]

512 Lapsley St, Selma, AL 36701. $35,000

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Gorgeous homes line Lapsley Street in the Old Town Historic District of Selma, Alabama. Number 512 is one of them, but it needs a savior. Broad front porch, central hallway from front to rear, fireplace with green tiles, another with tan tiles, additional fireplaces, high ceilings, French doors, bullseye molding, transoms and a fabulous green and black tiled bathroom are waiting for restoration.

3bed
2bath
2,071sqft
Build date 1900
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Property Listing
Realtor:Barbara Leet with CORNERSTONE REALTY

c.1976 photo

Save This Old House – c.1900 Fixer Upper in Selma AL $35K

This is an AS IS PROPERTY, NEEDS UPDATING AND RESTORING. Located in Historic Downtown Selma. This is a Historic Three bedroom home, two bath with large formal living and dinning rooms. Fenced back yard, Large front porch with new tin roof.This located in the Historic District of downtown Selma. Great investment property., Tin, None, None, Other-See Remarks, Other-See Remarks

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Welcome to Old Houses Under $50,000, a blog specifically aimed for all of those special individuals and families who are addicted to old houses. Do bullseye moldings and newel posts get your heart pumping? Do you pine at every neglected, pre-1940s home you see, wishing you could get a peek of the interior? Do you stop at every abandoned house you pass and wish you could fix it up to its old glory? Old homes have a mystery, history and character that newer homes just can’t match. They ignite something in us that physically draws us through their front doors.

I know. I grew up in Idle Hour in Oakdale, New York, the former estate of William Kassam Vanderbilt. A 900-acre tract along the Connetquot River and Great South Bay of Long Island was my playground. Narrow meandering streets with wooden bridges running over man-made canals, a turn-of-the-century conservatory, a clock tower, a carriage house, and brick chicken coups and stables rehabbed into homes called The Artist Colony dotted the lush land surrounding Vanderbilt’s 1899 mansion. The estate had long been broken into half acre plots with an eclectic array of newer homes, but my best friend lived in Vanderbilt’s old billiard and pool hall.

It’s no wonder then, with an early appreciation for wrap-around porches and stained glass windows, that my husband, David, and our seven kids, have always loved, owned and restored old historic homes.

We are not realtors, simply curators of old homes, sometimes serving them up with a slice of history. So dream, browse, window shop. You may just find your “perfect” fixer upper for under $50,000.