This old carriage house is located in our alley and has looked abandoned for as long as we’ve owned a house here, more than 30 years. I imagine it was built in the 1880s, like all the houses on our block, and I heard that there were horses stabled here until the 1950s.

Around six months ago, the owner’s son started cleaning it out – it was literally stuffed with all kinds of junk, including a forklift. The daughter got a building permit and is in the slow process of restoring it, with the idea of making it into a home. I’ve peeked inside, and it’s spotless now, and a new roof was recently put on it. The next picture will show one of these already restored carriage houses, also in our alley, which won’t hold a candle to this one when it’s finished.

The City Bank, now an architect's office, posted earlier