A Home of Historic Proportions
I grew up around the block from this home. I can never remember anyone ever living in it, but what I'll always remember about this house, was an annual Christmas tradition that my brothers and I will always cherish as an important part of our collective childhood Christmas memories. It would happen seemingly overnight...all of a sudden the front window would become brightly lit, illuminating, behind thin gauzy drapes, a pair of reindeer. It was pure magic! Their silhouette was larger than life! It signaled to us that Christmas was here! We begged our Mom to drive by it every evening so we could see this mysterious house come alive once a year! Of course, we all made up stories over the years about this grand old home that kept up it's annual homage to Christmas, but continued to remain vacant for all these years. Well, it was big news all around town this month when it was advertised that for the first time in over 50 years there was going to be an estate sale at The Mulvaney H...