The 1895 Richardi house in Bellaire, Michigan is now the "Grand Victorian" bed & breakfast. This is the outstanding house of the town. Bellaire had a population of only 1,164 people in the 2000 Census.
The original owner, Henry Richardi, had the house built in anticipation of moving in after he got married. The house even had DC electric power supplied from the factory that he owned nearby; this was in 1895! Unfortunately, for unknown reasons the marriage never took place and he sold the house.
The home had numerous owners from 1895 to 1989. In 1989 the home was converted into a B&B. As such it was selected by American Historic Inns 2006 as one of the nation’s 'Top 10 Romantic Inns'.
The house is located at 402 North Bridge Street.
Lady Havisham, jeff lamb, I.dream.of.ireland, LaBrunetteNouvelle, and 81 other people added this photo to their favorites.
nate'sgirl 70 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called historic porch gingerbread & millwork, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
that is a HOUSE! wow. slobbering on keyboard!
zzazazz 69 months ago | reply
This picture would be perfect for the Antrim County group I just started.
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I.dream.of.ireland 67 months ago | reply
this is GORGEOUS! the best looking victorian ive seen in a while!
neshachan 65 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Houses with Towers, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group, please! :)
raymanretro 65 months ago | reply
Fantastic photo! Donnie/ teapottreasure.blogspot.com/
shila.wilson 65 months ago | reply
Glorious house!
Chauncy.Primm 65 months ago | reply
awestruck.
askmikee [deleted] 63 months ago | reply
What an incredible house. Nice pic
Clark Westfield 60 months ago | reply
extraordinary!
snow41 60 months ago | reply
Like a fancy birthday cake. This is delicious. Seen in Victorian style homes.
aeroslipton 50 months ago | reply
Damn! wow...
London Fog Photographer 44 months ago | reply
awe! What a gorgeous house!
crazymotherof4 39 months ago | reply
amazing house
gvkenna 37 months ago | reply
Hi DeccoJim - we are the proud owners of the Grand Victorian. For more on this award-winning home, check out the 'recognitions' page on website grandvictorian.com. I'm not trying to sneak in a link here, only marveling at the comments and suggesting where to get more info on this fabulous painted lady.
DecoJim 37 months ago | reply
gvkenna:
Thanks for leaving the comment. I did check out your website. Fascinating history to the place. It appears you have done an excellent job keeping the place up. By the way this image of your B&B is the single most viewed of my 1000+ photographs.
thetravelbug2012 10 months ago | reply
Fabulous looking house. Bet it has an interesting internal layout.
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