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The brand new 1600 W Pleasure building and the old 1600 W Pleasure look.

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Real Estate Agent with RE/MAX Advantage

I did a blog a few months ago with a picture of a house that gave the Sleuths a fit because they couldn't find it.  They just didn't remember it.  It was located at 1600 W Pleasure and was torn down several years ago.  To refresh your memory, here is the house.

1600 W Pleasure years ago

1600 and 1510 W Pleasure years ago

After being just two vacant lots for many years, it was sold and now we have this new look at the location.

1600 W Pleasure Searcy AR

Patrick Connell did it up right with landscaping, driveways, and a lovely building.  I also like the big 1600 on the front of the building.  Too often we have to guess what the number of a commercial building is.

Congratulations, Patrick, on a beautiful new building on W. Pleasure in Searcy Arkansas.

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Don Thompson
Donthomp Associates - Sunnyvale, CA

Yes Barbara, it was hard to find the location of a house no longer there but I nailed it nevertheless. At least I did better than the last one. That new structure is a respectable replacement for the wonderful double porch house that graced 1600 W. Pleasure before.

I like the Indian style architecture and trees behind. This building look is common in New Mexico or Arizona. Is that a fireplace chimney on the right?

Jul 13, 2012 07:45 AM
Barbara S. Duncan
RE/MAX Advantage - Searcy, AR
GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR

Don, there are lots of trees around it but none left on his land that I know of.  That is not a chimney.  I think it may be a ladder of some sort.

Jul 13, 2012 09:55 AM
Anonymous
Harold Gene Sullivan

The style of that house at 1600 W Pleasure would fit  a dozen or more houses  in Searcy in the 40's.  In fact, I think I remember a similar style house just across W Pleasure from D. D. Young's house at College Street. 

Jul 13, 2012 05:21 PM
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Barbara S. Duncan
RE/MAX Advantage - Searcy, AR
GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR

Harold Gene, I think a similar style home is just being torn down right now.  D. D.'s son lived in it when I first arrived in Searcy.  I'll bet it is the one you refer to.  This was about a week ago.  I'm thinking is is gone completely now.

Old D D Young house Searcy Ar

Jul 13, 2012 10:16 PM
Don Thompson
Donthomp Associates - Sunnyvale, CA

Here's a Ghost of 1600 W. Pleasure Past. More graphic editing fun.

Ghost of1600 W Pleasure Past

Jul 13, 2012 10:32 PM
Barbara S. Duncan
RE/MAX Advantage - Searcy, AR
GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR

Don!  That is hilarious!  I love it.  it is like a ghost and we need to have a book of pictures like that of old Searcy.  Now go get us one of the old DD Young house!

Jul 13, 2012 11:01 PM
Anonymous
Anita Fuller

D.D. Young:  l211 W. Pleasure   phone 285.

Go, Don.

 

 

 

Jul 13, 2012 11:47 PM
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Barbara S. Duncan
RE/MAX Advantage - Searcy, AR
GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR

Anita, the problem is 1211 W Pleasure is an old filling station now.  See.  It might be worth a blog by itself.

1211 W Pleasure Searcy Ar

The house is behind it and owned by the same folks, according to the courthouse data.

Old D D Young house Searcy Ar

 

Jul 14, 2012 12:13 AM
Barbara S. Duncan
RE/MAX Advantage - Searcy, AR
GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR

Mary, you are a wealth of info there.  So this IS the DD Young house, just moved around the corner.  It was sold in 2004 by DD Young, Jr. along with this filling station.  My listed house is right beside the filling station.

And the houses look a lot alike but the Young one apparently had an enclosed front porch.

Jul 14, 2012 12:59 AM
Don Thompson
Donthomp Associates - Sunnyvale, CA

Barbara, are you saying this house is the moved D.D Young house?

DD Young House ?

Mary has sure provided some interesting bit of history. House moving has always been fascinating and we have discussed it before. I got a Google Earth satellite view of the area at S. College and W. Pleasure in 1990. There is a structure that could be the D.D. Young house if it's not the one Barbara showed. That's the best I can do.

College at Pleasure

Jul 14, 2012 01:59 AM
Anonymous
Anita Fuller

To Mary, and anyone else still interested:  in my l957 phone book:  Clara Roberts, 1210 W. Pleasure, phone 766-R.

Jul 14, 2012 02:21 AM
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Barbara S. Duncan
RE/MAX Advantage - Searcy, AR
GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR

Here is 1200 W. Pleasure, the only house remaining on the street just across from my listing.

1200 W Pleasure Searcy Ar

And here is the 1210 W. Pleasure with Clara Roberts shown as owner in 1957!

1210 W Pleasure Searcy AR

Jul 14, 2012 03:17 AM
Barbara S. Duncan
RE/MAX Advantage - Searcy, AR
GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR

To all you sleuths.....remember that www.arcountydata.com is now open to the public to search properties.

Jul 14, 2012 03:18 AM
Don Thompson
Donthomp Associates - Sunnyvale, CA

I think we have enough house pics to satisfy everyone but I'll do one more per Mary's request. Again, this is a 1990 Google Earth view. Fun activity for a rainy day.

Revised Satellite View 1990

Jul 14, 2012 04:20 AM
Barbara S. Duncan
RE/MAX Advantage - Searcy, AR
GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR

Don, you are a photo whiz!  Thanks.  Bet the one at 1600 W Pleasure and the S College one were so similar until they enclosed the front porch.  Note the gable in front of each.

Jul 14, 2012 05:10 AM
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