Thread by @StevenTDennis

TONIGHT on #FridayNightZillow!
*Georgia party mansion w/massive Chinese garden, chapel, 100s of fountains, 3,000 square foot bedroom and an epic backstory
*Bonkers concrete cowboy house
*5 historic homes sold as combo
+Much, much more...
Hope they put a smile on your face!

FIRST on #FridayNightZillow: a BONKERS mansion known for holding some of Georgia's biggest and craziest parties.

16,900 sf, 15 acres, $2.5M

Includes "the largest private Chinese Garden and the largest residential fountain system in the United States" zillow.com/homedetails/13…

The garden has *350* fountain heads, per an article in The Palm Beach Post on the lavish party the owners held for 300 when it was done. A fun read at the link: newspapers.com/clip/23432297/…

This is the Master Bedroom. It is 3,000 square feet. Larger than most *houses.* The ceiling!!!
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A lot going on in this room #FridayNightZillow

What the hell is that? #FridayNightZillow

The WayBack Machine treats us to the Top 5 parties held at the mansion, "perhaps the most talked about residence in Middle Georgia." Click through for a fun read on the themed parties that sometime reached 1,000 people: web.archive.org/web/2017031719… #FridayNightZillow

Of course, the mansion also has it's very own chapel. Because, really, why not? #FridayNightZillow

Edwina Barnes was "the hostess with the mostest, the Perle Mesta of Macon" per Atlanta Journal Constitution in 1987. "I've never had a dull party, or one that ended on time."
"I wanted to make a statement, to bring some of Europe back to Macon" -husband Emmett
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Emmett died in 2008. A lot of people left nice words at this obituary page, including fond memories of the mansion and the Barnes family. Edwina has popped up in the news quite a bit as a major supporter of animal welfare. #FridayNightZillow legacy.com/us/obituaries/…

Four years ago, the owner of the estate who had been rehabbing it sought permission to create a private club, but the local zoning commission denied his request; neighbors said they didn't want the alcohol and noise they remembered from the Barnes parties! macon.com/news/business/…

Apparently he got the fountains running for a garden tour in 2012 that was very well received, but judging from the pics, they aren't on now. (Just filling it with 112,000 gallons of water wouldn't be cheap!) #FridayNightZillow macon.com/news/article30…

CONCRETE COWBOY HOUSE is on #FridayNightZillow.

Make it make sense. Because I can't even begin to describe it. It's concrete. And more concrete. With cowboy stuff. And a giant pond. And... zillow.com/homedetails/30…

5BR, 5BA, nearly 12,550 sf of concrete madness. Exposed pipes, some taxidermy, horsey stuff. $5.95M

Idaho is on #FridayNightZillow

Nice view from the rooftop pool — if you aren't afraid of heights. #FridayNightZillow

This is *a shower.* #FridayNightZillow

Wild circular table/bar with a giant hole in it. I'd keep worrying somebody would drop their beer on the poor saps down below! #FridayNightZillow

Pretty nice closet for our steampunk cowboy millionaire. #FridayNightZillow

These doors look legit. Painted wagon wheel, maybe? #FridayNightZillow

That is *A LOT* of riprap. I guess this is where you park your truck? #FridayNightZillow

My wife told me last night this house looks like a Bond villain lives there. #FridayNightZillow

Up next: Michigan madness!

*FIVE* historic copper-baron mansions in a combo package for just $3.5M. I say we each put in $100K 50 ways; we each get to stay whenever we'd like plus rental income.

36BR, 11BA, >35K sf!

Laurium, MICHIGAN is on #FridayNightZillow! zillow.com/homedetails/32…

The inn and surroundings are gorgeous. A lot nicer than some homes I see. The other houses are cool too and worth your click. #FridayNightZillow

Laurium has some history: "The Gipper" was born here.

It was a boom town in the 1890s and early 1900s, but it's lost population every decade for about 100 years, per Census data, with <2K living there now.

Nearby Italian Hall fire killed 73 people in 1913. #FridayNightZillow

Oops. I read the listing again and it says it actually includes *8* properties, 40BR and 33BA! (Not sure why the Zillow stats are off?) #FridayNightZillow

Nice website for the Laurium Manor Inn. Maybe go stay there and report back on if we should collectively buy it. #FridayNightZillow laurium.info/laurium-manor-…

Uh-oh.
"It served as Thomas Funeral Home from 1949 to 1979, owned by the undertaker Maynard R. Hurlburt, but this business was tragically terminated when Maynard killed his wife Jane and grandson Tommy before killing himself."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_H.… #HauntedZillow

This blog calls the Laurium Manor Inn "one of the most haunted places in the Midwest" and cites the nearby Italian Hall disaster. occasionallyadventurousashley.com/10-most-haunte…

The only drawback I really see to these beautiful homes is they are a long, long, long way from population centers. It's a 9-hour drive to Detroit — DC is closer!
More than 5 hours north of Milwaukee. And so on. #FridayNightZillow

Up next, Washingtonian Hall, a 4BR, 3BA modernized 1799 home with >4800 sf. LOVE THIS! Overlooks the Susquehanna River in New York. #FridayNightZillow zillow.com/homedetails/37…

Just $449K. Really! #FridayNightZillow

Maybe you are just looking for some cheap land. $40K gets you 4 acres and this sweet propane tank in Kentucky! We could set up a campground and all retire there. #FridayNightZillow zillow.com/homedetails/Bl…

Big, modern house in Pennsylvania is just $675K.

>7700 sf with a pool and a slide!
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Next up: Maybe the gaudiest house in California? #FridayNightZillow

This is the house with the insane shower, and a lot of other fun retina candy. California is on #FridayNightZillow zillow.com/homedetails/15…

This is *the* party shower. #FridayNightZillow

I guess when you are spending $8+ million you can't just have normal bathrooms. #FridayNightZillow

You know I think master bedrooms like this are way too big, but I *will* give them props for proper TV placement. #FridayNightZillow

This $5.9M Florida waterfront home has a man-cave in the basement, complete with gun range, "No gun, No fun" sign, murals, TV, classic cars. #FridayNightZillow zillow.com/homedetails/11…

A ~$9M, 21K sf megamansion just dropped on Zillow in Potomac, Md. 9BR, 13BA, and, um, an airplane suspended from the ceiling. #FridayNightZillow
zillow.com/homedetails/11…

The Potomac mansion has standard megamansion fare. Big theater, party shower, gym. Plus a fire pole. Wizards fan? #FridayNightZillow