FOR SALE: 6000sf 1917 Mansion Only $339,900!

Welcome back to Preservation Travels with Lane and Kevin here at Our Restoration Nation. Today we are in beautiful Decatur, Illinois. It's a glorious, sunny, late summer day and we are going to be touring the Cruikshank Mueller Mansion for you. It is a one-of-a-kind, beautiful, Beaux-Arts masterpiece. So come inside and take a look with us. Welcome inside to the Cruikshank Mueller Mansion, a 1917 masterpiece built at the height of the Beaux-Arts era, but it is an architectural mystery to me. Inside this beautiful home we have Beaux-Arts style, we have craftsman detailing, we have some Jacobean detailing, some Tudor detailing, and some Italian Renaissance. So what we really see here is an exorbitantly wealthy family who wanted to take all of the architectural details of the day and include those in their mansion masterpiece. Here I am in the entryway. We have an incredible coved ceiling and plasterwork cornicing all the way around in pristine condition. It looks like the day it was installed. Come into the living room with me. Lane, are you ready for your treat? I am ready for my treat! Thank you, baby. So we are excited that this episode is brought to you by Milk Pack. Kevin knows that when I'm in the middle of a project like this one, I forget to eat. When I forget to eat, my blood sugar gets low and my tendency is to reach for something like super high sugar, high calorie, just to get that blood sugar pumping again. But with Milk Pack, I don't have to worry about that. Their nut and seed bars have two to three grams of net carbs and, better still, only 150 calories per bar. So they're the perfect pick-me-up while I'm in the middle of this project. Healthy, good for me, and it tastes delicious. Milk Pack offers low-sugar, keto-friendly bars which are plant-based, gluten-free, and non-GMO. My favorite is the caramel sea salt. Kevin's favorite is the peanut butter dark chocolate. So these truly are the perfect snack for anybody who's trying to eat better, eat healthy, but really enjoy what they're eating. So you can get 20% off your first purchase by going to MilkPack.com and entering code RESTORATION at checkout. 20% off your first purchase and let me tell you, these are absolutely worth it. I hate health food bars. I hate protein bars. They're disgusting. These are delicious. These will be a staple in the household. Get yours today. This is really good. Welcome to the formal living room. Can you imagine the parties that were held in this space in 1917 when the home was first completed? Look at the ceiling. That should be the only thing I have to say to you for you to want to buy this house. Look at the ceiling. What we have here is a Jacobean-style ceiling. It's a little bit different than a Tudor era because we don't have the Tudor rose that would be present in that particular architectural element. We're surrounded by beautiful full-length French doors that have an interesting art glass panel inset into each of them. No real stylistic design in those art glass panels, which is interesting considering we have both a Jacobean ceiling and a Jacobean mantelpiece behind me, all original in this amazing space. Were this my house, this would have to be a wedding venue. Can you imagine the parties in this room? Here we are in the solarium. Who doesn't want to own a home where you can say, I'm sorry, I can't chat right now. I'm in the solarium. Beautiful natural light overlooking your gorgeous lot. You have a stunning old-growth maple tree just behind me that you can look at and watch it change color through the season, and the amazing original intact tile floors make this room just perfection. This dining room is enormous. It is absolutely huge, and in here we see these incredible beams on the ceilings. We have more of the full-length French doors that exit out onto the front lawn and a gorgeous fireplace surround. This is a place where we can see the architectural anomaly that is this house. In here, we have an almost federal style mantelpiece. The beams on the ceiling do hearken to Tudor Revival, but not exactly. And then again, we have the craftsman style doors, but overall an amazing masterpiece of a space. We hope you enjoyed this tour of this beautiful masterpiece of architectural design. Are you its next caretaker? Remember, we're not the real estate agent. We have nothing to do with selling you this house. The Zillow description and the Realtor's information are in the description below, but this beautiful home with eight bedrooms, eight and a half bathrooms at 6,600 square feet can be yours for $339,000. Don't forget, if you want to see restoration in action, follow our Restoring Our Victorian series, and we'll see you next time on Preservation Travels with Lane and Kevin.