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HenryMcClamrock,Bendtsen’s nephew, says his grandparents “fell inlovewith thehouse”the last time it was on the market, about 60 years ago, but they didn’t have the money to buy it. His mother, Ann McClamrock,hadjustreceived a divorce settlement, so she lent them $29,500tobuythehouse. W.W. Caruth, who donated the land for Southern Methodist University, was its original owner.

“Itneeds a tremendousamount ofwork, but forbeingover100 years old, it’s in really good shape,” McClamrock says.

The grand mahogany staircase and wood and tile floors are intact. It has two full bathrooms on the second floorandoneintheattic,which was finished out and used as a ballroom.

One hurdle for a potential buyer is the carriage house, which was badly damaged in a fire in 1960 and never repaired. Because of historic preser- vation rules that govern the street, it cannot be demolished. So a buyer would have to rebuild it.

The house needs everything from plumbing to plaster, but the details are one-of-a-kind. It hasn’t been subjected to the 1950s or ’80s remodels thatsomanyolderhomesoften have. It’s untouched by renovation and even has 1920s draperies.

Tour organizers plan to show only the home’s ground floor, and they’re hiring a crew to clean the place up. They’ll have letters to the family from Lyndon B. Johnson and other dignitaries on display, along with boards showingpicturesandfactsabout the house.

And on a mantle in the room with the giant mirror, look for a photograph of Mary Ellen Bendtsen.n couch, curtains west elm jeans, jacket american apparel shoes index skateboarding watch centre t-shirt kidrobot check out more birds of a feather at mockingbirdstation.com

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