The Cardinal House
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I was in Cincinnati for 48 hours last week and while I didn’t get a chance to check out the exhibit of his newly found paintings at Fabulous Frames, I stumbled upon this remarkable house while checking out a river view house for sale in Anderson Township. I suppose the street sign before the shared driveway should have given me a clue as to what was ahead:
There was another Charley Harper cardinal on the other side of the house in the carport. Those decks have a great view of the Ohio River and the rolling bluegrass hills of Kentucky on the other side.
By the way, this is the house nearby that my friends and I want to make our dream house when we win the lottery and retire:
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July 20th, 2009 at 4:54 am (#)
Wow, that’s awesome! I wonder if this house is owned by a fan, or if Charley actually had anything to do with the murals. Very cool!
July 20th, 2009 at 5:10 am (#)
Very nice indeed. What a gorgeous view
Good lucky with winning the lotto! Would be a stunning house to own!
July 29th, 2009 at 9:20 pm (#)
I like the house. Since there’s only 4 of us, I think it suit’s us perfectly with my parents. I do have a question though, I wonder if the price is negotiable? Thanks for sharing. Nice post.
Deirdre Gonzales
July 30th, 2009 at 7:41 am (#)
I’d guess in this economy that all prices are quite negotiable!
August 14th, 2009 at 4:07 am (#)
[...] The Cardinal House: Becky finds a Charley Harper mural on the side of a house in Anderson, of all places. [...]
August 14th, 2009 at 7:16 am (#)
wow, that’s totally cool and funny! thanks for sharing!
November 10th, 2010 at 1:25 pm (#)
Becky,
I stumbled on the old post.
I grew up next to that house. My mother still lives there. The owner/architect is an award-winning UC DAAP graduate and was a friend (and obviously a fan) of Charlie Harper.
That dream house you toured was much more handsome before its exterior was recently ‘updated’.
November 11th, 2010 at 9:41 am (#)
Oh wow Phillip, how neat to hear more about the house! I grew up off Asbury closer to 275 in the ’80s. (Foxtrail “Farms” – not sure where they put the farms, but it seems they are all long gone in Anderson today). Thanks so much for giving us more information about this house. I was first introduced to Charley Harper’s work as a little girl at the Cincinnati Nature Center. It’s been fun to see his popularity explode in the past decade.
Becky
March 21st, 2011 at 8:06 pm (#)
[...] The Cardinal House (a reader even commented and let me know more about how this house – I love it when stuff like that happens!) [...]