Bethany Erickson

Hotel in Gold Rush Era California Town Up for Auction

By Bethany Erickson | January 13, 2019 | Comments Off on Hotel in Gold Rush Era California Town Up for Auction

Always a hotel, this week’s gold-rush era historical shelter in California also has its place in history as the location for an office and stage stop for an express company that ran mail across the country. The site of the current Hotel Sutter, located in Sutter Creek, California, was first home to the American House Hotel,…

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Looking For a Retirement Deal? Maybe Make It Mobile

By Bethany Erickson | January 12, 2019 | Comments Off on Looking For a Retirement Deal? Maybe Make It Mobile

Editor’s Note: Recently, MoneyWise revealed its list of the 40 most frugal and friendly places to retire. In a bid to provide an idea of what housing inventory is available in these cities and towns, we’re taking a look at listings in each of the cities on the list. Not everyone can spend $1 million…

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Start Spreadin’ the News, For $13M, You Can Have a Sinatra Home Your Way

By Bethany Erickson | January 7, 2019 | Comments Off on Start Spreadin’ the News, For $13M, You Can Have a Sinatra Home Your Way

Whether you want a beachy retreat or a swank pad you can pick out in episodes of Mad Men, Frank Sinatra hung his hat in two homes that are on the market at the same time, for nearly identical price points. Malibu Frank’s Way If Malibu is your bag, the estate at 30966 Broad Beach…

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Concord Home To American Revolutionary War Hero On The Market

By Bethany Erickson | January 6, 2019 | Comments Off on Concord Home To American Revolutionary War Hero On The Market

There is just something about a Colonial and Early American era home that makes you want to pull out the David McCullough books and transport yourself back to the incredible point in time where a new nation was born. And we’ve made no secret of our love of a well-preserved home from that era —…

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Heartland Homesteads in Overland Park Provide Budget-Friendly Retirement

By Bethany Erickson | January 5, 2019 | Comments Off on Heartland Homesteads in Overland Park Provide Budget-Friendly Retirement

Editor’s Note: Recently, MoneyWise revealed its list of the 40 most frugal and friendly places to retire. In a bid to provide an idea of what housing inventory is available in these cities and towns, we’re taking a look at listings in each of the cities on the list. Not everyone can spend $1 million…

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Lost, Texas Documents ‘A Reminder of Our Mortality’

By Bethany Erickson | December 31, 2018 |

We make no secret about our love history here on SecondShelters.com, although the bulk of our attention tends to skew toward the adored, restored, and lovingly preserved. But earlier this year, Texas photographer Bronson Dorsey’s book, Lost, Texas: Photographs of Forgotten Buildings, brought to light another dimension of Texas history — the forgotten parts that…

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