Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Day out on the town (Part 1)

This past weekend, I went to so many places in so many time. First on the list? Westerfield Mansion.
View their wiki page here.
My mother happens to know the owner of the house and I got to take a tour of the entire 28-room structure. Among the sites I saw were many stuffed animals, a bear with a tutu, and some amazing artwork. I was in complete awe of how much history lay in this house. If you ever get the chance to go, PLEASE do it. Here are a few of my favorite pictures I took.

Outside of the house. Currently has scaffolding around the outer edges because they're getting a new paint job.



Some pictures around the house.

This specific piece of screen-printed art in one of the rooms caught my eye. Not just because it has Audrey Hepburn, but because it looked so worn down.

Some pics of the "hippie room". Most of the memorabilia is from eBay, or was left over at the house from when the house was the first official hippie den/student commune in the 1960's.

Bear in a tutu.

Scratches on the wall from when the original owners owned a baby tiger.

And finally, the (now) owner of the house and I.

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