Need A New Project?
Are you bored with your current project?
Do you frequent houseblogs.net but, have no project of your own?
Do you have money burning a hole in your pocket?
Are you just itching to move to west Tennessee? (Admit it, you are!)
Have you ever wanted to live in a church?
Even though I am perfectly happy with our stonehouse, I still obsessively browse the real estate listings. Maybe I am just nosy (I am.) Or maybe we are part gypsy. Anyway, I came across this little gem a couple of weeks ago. Of course, we had to go look at it.
The front of the church (bell tower and sanctuary) was built in the 1890's and the back in the 1930's. I can't remember the square footage. We'll just say it's HUGE. Of course, our brains were spinning--What can we do with this big ol church!? What can we do with this big ol church!? What can we do with this big ol church!? What can we do with this big ol church!? I think our answer was um..........nothing. So if anybody out there needs a big ol church, here are some details:
You enter through the bell tower to the sanctuary. The sanctuary has all of the pews (probably 50 or 60) and the pipe organ enclosure. The congregation took the organ with them. At the back of the sanctuary, you enter the 1930's three story addition. The lowest floor of the addition has a full kitchen and a huge dining room and all (three I think) of the heating and air units. The middle and top floors each have four rooms and a bathroom. There is a courtyard on the side of the church enclosed with an iron fence. At the back of the church there is a nice sized yard, and another 1930's/40's decoish building (probably 1500 sqf) that the church used as there office. The church is located on the main downtown street next to the old plaza movie theatre. The church is not in the town that we live in, but the next town over maybe 10 or 12 thousand people.
Price:$100,000 But I think they would take less. See a lot more inside and outside pictures here.
So, does anyone need a new project?
Do you frequent houseblogs.net but, have no project of your own?
Do you have money burning a hole in your pocket?
Are you just itching to move to west Tennessee? (Admit it, you are!)
Have you ever wanted to live in a church?
Even though I am perfectly happy with our stonehouse, I still obsessively browse the real estate listings. Maybe I am just nosy (I am.) Or maybe we are part gypsy. Anyway, I came across this little gem a couple of weeks ago. Of course, we had to go look at it.
The front of the church (bell tower and sanctuary) was built in the 1890's and the back in the 1930's. I can't remember the square footage. We'll just say it's HUGE. Of course, our brains were spinning--What can we do with this big ol church!? What can we do with this big ol church!? What can we do with this big ol church!? What can we do with this big ol church!? I think our answer was um..........nothing. So if anybody out there needs a big ol church, here are some details:
You enter through the bell tower to the sanctuary. The sanctuary has all of the pews (probably 50 or 60) and the pipe organ enclosure. The congregation took the organ with them. At the back of the sanctuary, you enter the 1930's three story addition. The lowest floor of the addition has a full kitchen and a huge dining room and all (three I think) of the heating and air units. The middle and top floors each have four rooms and a bathroom. There is a courtyard on the side of the church enclosed with an iron fence. At the back of the church there is a nice sized yard, and another 1930's/40's decoish building (probably 1500 sqf) that the church used as there office. The church is located on the main downtown street next to the old plaza movie theatre. The church is not in the town that we live in, but the next town over maybe 10 or 12 thousand people.
Price:$100,000 But I think they would take less. See a lot more inside and outside pictures here.
So, does anyone need a new project?
posted by dandyapple at 3/28/2006 06:22:00 AM
1 Comments:
When my wife and I were looking for our first home, I found a listing for an old country church. And it was cheap. I kept daydreaming about converting the sanctuary into an open-concept home and using the choir loft as our loft bedroom. It was about a hour's drive out of town, so the commute would have been a nightmare, and it didn't have running water, so that would have been a challenge.
But 100k for that church? Seems like a steal!
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