Aug
29
2010
Among the houses on this year's Candler Park Tour of Homes (Sunday, October 24 on Fall Fest weekend) is 1192 McLendon Ave, the home of Jeff and Victoria Wuesthoff. Here's a sneak preview of what you will find in this Victorian masterpiece, as written by Victoria Wuesthoff. Many thanks to the Wuesthoffs for showcasing their home on the tour!
Find out more about the 2010 Tour of Homes and buy advance tickets here.
1192 McLendon Avenue
Jeff and Victoria Wuesthoff
Year Built: 1889
Style: Queen Anne Victorian
Don’t Miss: Stained glass windows, ceiling mural in parlor, original wood trim and fireplaces
The Asbury Moreland House at 1192 McLendon Avenue is a historic Victorian house built before the turn of the century by Major Asbury Moreland. Major Moreland and Governor Colquitt together developed the first suburb of Atlanta: Inman Park.
Prior to our purchase of the house, this historical structure was allowed to deteriorate by its owners and occupants. For decades, the house was occupied as a boarding house. The address was known as a party house, and illegal drugs were openly used and sold. Vagrants slept on the front porch, and thieves hid out in the basement.
When my husband and I moved in the day after Christmas in 1993, our house had no working heating system. It was so cold, the dogs wore sweaters inside, and their water bowl froze. The floor of the downstairs bathroom was rotted, and the tub in the bathroom was propped up by a mattress in the basement. The kitchen had no hot water. The tallest chimney was falling down; its stack swayed in the wind. Many windows were broken. Splattered paint and graffiti were throughout the house.
Still a work in progress, the house is being restored to its former grandeur by Jeff Wuesthoff. Featured on the tour will be the spacious front porch, the drawing room with two sets of pocket doors, the immense dining room and the front round parlor. Look for clouds and a dove painted in the parlor, and look for ribbons and circles in the stained glass windows in the foyer that echo the rails of the stairs. Count the several different woods used by the original craftsmen in the fireplaces, doors and trim of the house. Ponder the question of whether the tale is true that the house was once turned from Moreland Avenue to face McLendon?
