The careful tuckpointing of the mortar of the entire house will secure the brick walls for decades.

Architect's rending for the restoration of the front porch.

The architect's plans for the restoration of the front porch is available along with an number of its original balusters.

Architect's plans are available for the side porch.

The side porch is another connection between the front and rear wings of the house.

The quality of the houses original construction helped it survive decades of negect.

A close-up of the brick and stone show the newly tuckpointed mortar joints of the brick wall and stone foundation.

This view shows the doors that exit from the main wing to the side porch area.

This photo taken by the architect shows where the side porch needs to be built.

View of south side of home the two doors lead to a two story porch that needs to be rebuilt.

One of three side porch designs proposed by the architect that would be appropriate to the house and its original design.

A second design by the architect.

The third proposed design proposed by the architect.

The elaborately bracketed eaves were carefully restored.

Every window in the house was removed and sent to a restoration specialist in Kansas City.

The windows were completely restored any broken glass was replaced with special glass made to replicate period glass.

The architect recommended copper gutters and downspouts to protect the elaborately bracketed cornice and eaves for decades to come.

The copper lined box gutters carry the water to copper downspouts. The copper should last for many decades.

View of the roof and hillsides from the neighbors observation deck.

A closer view of the restored roof from above.

Zoom in and see the workmanship of the replaced roof and copper lined gutters.

Another view of the copper downspouts coming from the copper lined gutters.

Close-up of a restored window. The counter weight systems were restored as well.

The windows have stone sills. Note the hinges for the original shutters. Many of the shutters are stored in the house awaiting future restoration.

The doors will open to the the front porch and balcony when the porch restoration is done by the new owner.

The door surround is paneled and has exquisite detail.

Floorplan of Basement--Approximately to scale

The restored stone walls of the basement and the new basement staircase.

The basement has lots of natural light from restored windows.

One of the two new Carrier HVAC units. The furnace is natural gas. The new hot water heater is wrapped with insulation to increase efficiency.

The two compressors for the new Carrier central air conditioning units.

The basement door leads up a few steps to the backyard.

Some of the quality plumbing already in place... copper pipes, PVC drains. The entire house has the plumbing roughed-in ready for finish work.

The electric utilies are underground to not detract from the historic apperance of the home.

The home has a new 200 AMP breaker box.

All the new copper wiring is in place awaiting plaster restoration.

The finished bath in the basement.

Close-up view of type of quality materials use for the plumbing.

Copper pipes and PVC drains roughed in to serve second floor bath.Will be hidden behind sheetrock when the ceilings are restored by the new owner.

Its amazing that all of the home's original woodwork survived intact. The fabulous walnut staircase is ready for restoration.

The staircase ascends from entry hall to a landing.

A side view of the staircase looking to the living room beyond.

View of the staircase from the dining room toward the front door and living room.

View from the second floor. The door leads to the future side porch when restoration is completed by the new owner.

The curved turn at the landing provides a simple but elegant touch.

The original curved walnut hand rail is in excellent original condition.

Each riser end is decorated in a stylized vine motif.

If these stairs could talk, think of the stories it could tell of Dr. Bralley and his family who once tread it.

Dr. Bralley is said to have used the south parlor to see his patients.

The restored window close-up. The counter weights were also restored for opening and closing.

The windows on the first floor have attractive panels and molding .

Original shutters awaiting restoration and porch balusters for future restortation.

North parlor, believed to be Dr. Bralley's library, has a closet where he might have kept his books.

View from the north parlor to the southwest. The entry hall and dining room doors.

First floor doorways have paneled molding.

Dining room from north parlor--door leads to kitchen.

Dining room door to future south porch. Closet was for china storage.

Dining room leading to stair hall. The large transoms are above doors in all the first floor rooms.

Close-up of the cast iron mantle in the dining room.

The doorway surround and paneled molding have the original faux wood graining intact.

Close-up of the detailed panels in the doorway.

The glass doors from the large transoms were removed to protect the glass during restoration.

The north bedroom.

The center bedroom adjoins the north bedroom.

The center bedroom door with transom leads to future south porch. Door to right leads to bath and closet area.

Second floor Carrier furnace. Second floor bath and closet area walls yet to be framed.

Back stairs leads to kitchen below.

South bedroom.

More original shutters awaiting restoration.

Original balustrades saved for porch restoration.

The North Third Street Historic district has stately mansions and modest bungalows.

Homes in the North Third National Register of Historic Places District range from the 1840s to the 1940s. There many historic styles represented.

View from the front door.