vacant wonder

This house has been vacant since before we bought the house. Judging by its look, it's been that way for a while. It seems to be a late victorian design set amongst a street full of bungalows and foursquares. The columns and spindle railing of the porch are still mostly there. It appears like there may have been a bay window where the wood siding projects out on the left. The red brick has also been painted. Nothing a little TLC couldn't cure. Unfortunately we may wait a while.

This house is located across the alley directly behind my house. About four months ago we had a strong windstorm that blew the back door wide open. I've been trying to get the city to secure the building since then. That is, until this past weekend. A crew came out to clean up the back yard (which they do periodically) and put up some plywood over the rear door and the garage (which also happened to be unsecured). My fear was some homeless people would discover the free digs and accidentally burn the place down trying to keep warm. Luckily that didn't happen.