Unabashedly Opulent!........................ My kinda place!................
What a great place. I can’t wait to the the modern (read: cheap and gauche) replacement.
I find parts of the interior to be in questionable taste, but the outside is gorgeous. Can’t believe there isn’t some Karen in Tampa mandating it stay up for historical reasons and let them gut the inside.
Hopefully, somebody with money will want to step in and buy and preserve it.
The photos seem to indicate it is in good physical condition.
The Wenk family would be wise to hold off on their dream home until construction material prices go back to normal.
The Blue Jays could buy it for the price of a mediocre bench player and use it for whatever. Maybe hospitality or something to schmooze corporate types.
America is a wealthy country and there are tons of people who could tear that down and build a 50 million replacement.
If we can’t save “historical” history, how are we going to save building history. Once the statues go and the culture is cancelled, it’s over.
There is another Kellogg mansion in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. I stayed there for 6 weeks in training with an insurance company.
Although the interior furnishings of the one in Florida look better, the Massachusetts property had a nine-hole golf course, baseball field, and tennis courts. Much of the interior furnishings were gone but the house was still magnificent.
If I had the money and time, I would buy that place, and a boat, and burn everyday. Just sayin’
Just like all the decent houses being bulldozed left and right just to build another house.
It’s too gaudy but could be fixed with a can of paint.
Bttt.
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The owner is a complete idiot for wanting to destroy such a magnificent piece of architecture.
The interior is a hot mess. OTOH, if it only costs $400k-$900k to move it, maybe somebody will want it. I have seen houses move, and I am having trouble visualizing moving that one...