While I cannot go overly into detail due to the ease of finding this house, I am enamored with the history of it.

This house was built in the early 1920's upon newly found wealth. Sitting quitely in the outskirts of a small Midwestern city, this 8500 sqft estate quietly sits waiting for new ownership. Sadly, the hope of finding new ownership only gets worse with time as every hoodlum within a 20 mile square radius comes to this house.

In it's prime it hosted 500+ person parties which were described as nothing but 'sex and spirits'. The house contains a dozen secret rooms; hidden pool-halls, underground entrances, hooch rooms, hidden passage ways. Many of which are defunct due to looting and neglect.

Upon the original owners death, the estate was passed to a local catholic school. Head priests lived here where they would hold meetings with the 'troubled boys'. One such boy hid in the elevator and wrote "(name) was here" atop one of the functional elevators. The priests are recorded as referring to him as a 'lost young boy' before he grew up and led a cult killing more than 5. (Sorry I can't say name otherwise you would find the house in 10s of googling).

In the late 2000's the current owners purchased the land with the intent of restoring it but have since lost sight of that goal.

Sorry for the mixed day and night pictures...

I originally found this location through a mutual explorer. Upon going to the estate, you're originally met with a 10ft tall gate with a guard booth.



Pushing the gate open, you can see a spawling estate, with a driveway leading up the hill. Coming around the bend you are met with this view.


Marching further up the driveway...


Simply from looking at it, you can see the sheer effort that went into this estate in its prime.





This pool was made by a world renowned architect who made botanical gardens in major metropolitan cities. Below is the greenhouse made by the same group.







However, as the outside hinted the inside has been ravaged by vandals.




Sorry for the low quality pictures. If I go back, I'll continue to share more images of this places intricacies.

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This place is cool.

WOW, i love the indoor pool!

Great set

Love the History you posted and wish the house was not so vandalized. Would love to see some of those secret rooms and hallways. Thanks for the pics you shared. What a shame, looks like a really cool house to explore. Awesome pool and greenhouse.