[Billie]

Thanks, Dolly! I didn't know where Mayberry USA was filmed! Was your home very antebellum with tall white pillars on the front porch? It's how I picture houses in North Carolina. :)

[DollyCali]

No my home was very unique

10,000 sq ft on 4 floors - about 80 years old at time (late 80s). In area of Victorian homes.

marble inner walls. Granite outer walls with one foot air space between for insulation. front & side of home had HUGE imported french stained glass windows (like a church) with complex art scenes. Fireplace in each room with imported marble, wood carvings etc.

Plumbing & wiring OLD & shot.Closets non existant. Kitchen archaic. Furnace coal fired steam (which I liked)

Rooms HUGE & each floor had a central hall way like a ballroom. Lower floor was entertainment areas.. Dining room larger than my current house.. built in cupboards etc.

I have pix somewhere but pre digital. It was a gorgeous piece of property that I came across with my real estate career.

2 acres commercially zoned in city. I LOVED it.

[DollyCali]

Billie. Mt Airy was the home to Andy Griffith & much of the ideas were from his early years there.. Here is a LINK with some info

and another ...

LINK

[DollyCali]

I just tried to find my home w/Google Earth.. On Pine Street.. couldn’t recall the cross streets.. or address although I recall it short ... 2 numbers like 60 or something similar. It was next to the library I recall.

okay need to get some things done here!

later all