r/Houseporn • u/Natural-Trainer-6072 • 1d ago

This is some serious opulence. Designed by Howard Van Doren Shaw for Chicago's Goodman family in 1914

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u/Natural-Trainer-6072 1d ago

This palace on Chicago's Astor street apparently missed the gilded age by about a decade and a half, but you could never tell. We had it in r/PriceMe last week.

Hand-painted ceilings, Italian marble everything, gold-plated fixtures...this place is giving baron vibes, except for the random sarcophagus in the entry foyer, that's gives more pharaoh vibes. [OS]

See more pics here

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u/Muvseevum 9h ago

https://youtu.be/CjWYbcbpiWA?si=LMSTJRHVYkdBLVBL

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u/Natural-Trainer-6072 8h ago

🎯

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u/3DigitIQ 15h ago

Over-stimulation 1000%, not the style for me.

Most people in here would love it though.

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u/Jah348 9h ago

Cosplaying elegance.

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u/pocketdare 5h ago

There must be a secret door under that stairway... Otherwise how would Professor Plum get to the study with the candlestick?