California Bungalow Estate UPDATE
by: Ines.Hegedus-Garcia on July 12, 2007 13:06:55 4 comments »
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about an amazing estate that has been restored in Shore Crest and is now on the market. I like to write about unusual architecture and historic homes that come on the market to inform and educate our customers.
This time I want to share the incredible experience that came from that particular blog-post, California Bungalow Estate For Sale in Miami. In that article I mentioned that the house was the original estate of the Renuart family, owners of Renuart Lumber. I was contacted by a Renuart family member, by one of the grand daughters of Mr. Renuart himself. Although the house had not been in the family for over 50 years, I asked the granddaughter if she would like to visit the house and see how it has been renovated.
I had the pleasure of meeting Joanne Renuart-Yagle and her husband Gene at the house, together with her good friend Celine Zigmont (the assistant-principal of St. Rose of Lima School). Joanne walked through the whole house and gave us bits and pieces of information and shared memories from her childhood. She remembered finishes, colors and events. She told us which aunt or uncle slept in which room. She brought us back to when she was a little girl and would visit the home and enjoyed family gatherings with her forty-some cousins!
I want to thank not only the Yagles for giving us the tour of their family home, but also Mr. Zigmont for finding that article and calling the attention of Mrs. and Mr. Yagle - the experience was truly priceless!
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· http://www.rsspieces.comWow, Ines, that sounds really cool! It's amazing that you got to experience that.
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Erin - it's the power of blogging.....isn't it unbelievable?Permalink July 12, 2007 16:10:47 · http://www.derekburress.com/blogI am not sure if I would mention who the former owners of a house were or not - at least not on a blog. I had a run in a few months ago. I am a history major and made a huge discovery where a former slave turned state senator had a brother who served in the confederate army as the warden of one of the most infamous confederate prisons ever. His brother was of a different skin color and I just happened to hint it out on my blog and less than a week later, I had emails from the family just chewing me to death over it.
What I discovered was turned out to be a true fact, but the family hated knowing it. Since then, I have tried my best to avoid mentiong names of promiment family members. Houses are safe I would assume but if the house has some huge historical significant in an area, its going to be a judgment call as to whether or not one might choose to name the previous owner's names, etc.
Permalink July 13, 2007 00:57:23 · http://www.miamism.com/Hi Derek - Thanks so much for stopping by and letting me know about your experience. In this case the family's history is actually very interesting. Anyone that knows a little about development of the Historic cities here in Miami (Coral Gables, Miami Springs, Miami Shores and Morningside) knows that Merrick was instrumental in convincing Renuart Lumber to set up in South Florida. Renuart Lumber was THE Lumber yard in the 20's. I include that for my Historic Preservation friends who would appreciate it.As for the blog-post, it was about the architectural and historic relevance of the house, it was not so much about the family - and look what an incredible event happened! A grand daughter came to see it and shared beautiful memories! I could not be happier with the results of writing that post and mentioning the family (I guess I was lucky).
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