Category: House

“I always thought if I win the lottery, I am going to restore the mansion and make it a bed and breakfast. Thank you thank you thank you for restoring this house.” 

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We’ve tracked down photos of the original chandelier that once hung in Hohenadel House’s dining room.

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Following up on our conversation with Lawrence Ponzek (our real live “Hohenadeler”), here’s a list of cool stuff that didn’t make it into the first installment, including:  blue velvet, Grace Kelly, and a scary passage to… somewhere. 

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We recently caught up with Lawrence Ponzek, who had NO IDEA that listing an old family heirloom on eBay would launch him on a spontaneous little adventure back to his East Falls roots. We’re delighted he reached out to us, and shared his memories of the house and neighborhood in the 70’s.

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Old houses attract passionate people – especially houses that are falling down and need rescue. (more…)

So Mike and his team were busy little bees this past Holiday weekend…

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Howzabout 100 new high-definition Hohenadel House photos at Felicte’s Flickr?! (compliments of the not-so-sunny Florida skies this weekend)

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So that “Hohen Adel” carriage stone was re-listed on eBay today, and we received an interesting email from the seller, in response to the inquiry we sent when we first encountered his listing:

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ITEM DESCRIPTION:  A BEER COLLECTORS DREAM ITEM;  OWN AN ORIGINAL PIECE OF PHILA PA BREWING HISTORY;  CARRIAGE STEP STONE FROM THE LATE 1800’S; THESE STONES WERE USED AS A STEP TO GET OFF OF A HORSE-DRIVEN CARRIAGE ; THIS STONE WAS AT THE ORIGINAL BREWERY AT CONRAD STREET AND INDIAN QUEEN LANE IN PHILA PA;  THEN IN THE EARLY 1950’S IT WAS MOVED TO THE HOHEN ADLE HOUSE ON INDIAN QUEEN LANE;  THE STONE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION;  A RARE RARE ITEM AT A GREAT PRICE. (more…)