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It is a 22-room, 10,000-square-foot (930 m 2) mansion located in Berclair, Texas (between Goliad and Beeville, Texas). It is considered the largest steel strand house in the US, constructed with over 60 tons of concrete and steel. [1] The mansion was built by Etta Terrell and she resided there with her four sisters until her death. [2]
In the 1950s, the family abandoned the mansion. Though no one is certain of the reason, there are rumors of ghosts and an affair with one of the servants that ended in a tragic death.
Some famous mansions still sit empty today or are being used for vastly different purposes.
The Southgate–Lewis House was constructed by the builder Robert C. Lambie in 1888. Its restored late Victorian house style is unique among local simple vernacular buildings. The Charles M. Lewis family owned the house from 1913 to 1979. Following the death of Marguerite Mae Dee Lewis in 1970, the house was abandoned for nearly a decade.
The mansion was built in 1883 for Daniel Waggoner, owner of the Waggoner Ranch. [2] [3] [5] It was designed in the Victorian architectural style. [2] It comprises sixteen rooms and six bathrooms, with two bedrooms on the ground floor and four bedrooms on the first floor. [2] The house was inherited by Daniel Waggoner's son, William Thomas ...
An abandoned Hollywood mansion is shown in this view from a drone after it was tagged with graffiti in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles, California, U.S. September 24, 2024. ... Second vacant LA ...
Yorktown Memorial Hospital opened in 1951, at a cost of approximately $500,000. [1] It was operated by the Felician Sisters, an order of Catholic nuns. [2] The 30,000-square-foot (2,800 m 2) hospital had administration offices, and two two-story wings containing hospital rooms, a chapel, and a basement.
The Old Brulay Plantation was a Southern plantation with a historic mansion founded in c. 1870 and located in Brownsville, Texas. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since October 10, 1975. [2]