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NEIGHBORHOODS 'Mid-County, SEPTEMBER 22. 1993 PAGE 3 Yard sale planned at Whitehall mansion -v ''VVVv 1 i to close most nights at 10 and said no amplified music will be allowed. Among the neighborhood guests were Morry and Rosemary Wakefield, who knew Logan and said they were pleased with the transformation. Rosemary Wakefield said the biggest change in the house is that the wallpaper has been removed and the walls have been painted in contemporary peaches and yellows. "Now it looks like today." Outside in the garden area, Tanya Bauer Jones recalled growing up behind the estate at the end of Cressbrook Drive and visiting Logan and his horses.

Her mother, Marie Bauer, said Logan never wanted the 10-acre estate to be subdivided in any way. Marie Bauer liked what she had seen, but added, "The home is so historical that I hope they don't make it too modern." She also wanted to be sure Historic Homes is not planning a back entrance through Cressbrook which it isn't, said Dr. Charles Oberst, the renovation committee's chairman. "We're trying really hard not to offend any of the neighbors," he said. An exact theme for the house is still evolving, Oberst said.

Historian Samuel W. Thomas of Crescent Hill has compiled a preliminary history of the mansion and its owners that will be used in creating a visitors' brochure. Thomas said the Southern mansion style of the house was largely the 20th-century creation of John Middleton, an entrepreneur and horseman who purchased the modest two-story brick house in 1909. Thomas believes Middleton appended two-story wings on either side, an addition on the rear and a colossal, Corinthian, gabled portico and balcony on the front. "Whitehall is a house that took a turn backward" to look like a Southern mansion, Thomas writes in the history.

Anne Gernstein of Prospect will begin work Oct. 1 as Whitehall's director. She is the former manager of Kentucky's 4th Congressional District's Louisville office, which closed last year and moved to Ashland after redistricting. By MARTHA ELSON Staff Writer If you think you might have the perfect spot for a gilded baby grand piano, now's the chance to fill it. That's one of the items and doubtless the most spectacular that will be offered in a yard sale from 10 a.m.

to 4 p.m. Oct. 2 at Whitehall, the Cherokee Gardens-area estate of the late Hume Logan Jr. The home is being renovated by Historic Homes Foundation Inc. Many of Logan's furnishings have been retained in the 15-room, pre-Civil War mansion at 3110 Lexington Road, and some were bequeathed to family members.

The rest will be sold in the yard sale. Other sale items include a four-poster bed, crystal chandeliers, Victorian chests, stoves, refrigerators and garden statuaries. The sale is another step in preparing the house to open officially for public tours next spring, after it serves as the Junior League of Louisville Showhouse in March. Whitehall will become Historic Homes' fourth attraction in Louisville. The others are Farmington, Locust Grove and the Thomas Edison House.

Logan, who headed a manufacturing firm, had transferred the estate to Historic Homes several years ago, and the furnishings and fixtures were bequeathed upon his death in July 1992. In the meantime, the home is being rented for private functions. It was opened last week to adjoining property owners and officers of nearby neighborhood associations Cherokee Gardens, Briar Hill and Lexington Road Preservation Inc. for an evening get-together with Historic Homes members. The event included a colorful spread of food served on a long table in the newly restored dining room.

Historic Homes board chairman Lewis Brown briefly addressed the group, and people toured the house and strolled through the grounds. Brown said Historic Homes wants to be as "fiercely protective as possible of the ambience and amenities" of the surrounding neighborhood. The house's operating hours have not been set, but he expects it STAFF PHOTO BY MARY ANN LYONS ON A ROLL: Rosella Williams, right, shared a laugh with playing partners Audrey Seigle, left, and Myrtle Cashon during a bunco game last week at the Wilderness Road Club on Blue Lick Road. They gather with other seniors once a week to play. Condominiums for low-income buyers a success College Court a model for LaSalle Place that is going to be mine some day," she said.

"And everything here is set. I know what my monthly payment will be." Johnson said College Court also has the advantage of being in walking distance of the Galleria and other downtown stores and business offices. "I don't think I'll ever sell it," she said. "I love it. The kids love it, and it's so conveniently located." She said she would recommend College Court and LaSalle Place for potential homeowners, "especially for young people who want to settle down." bedroom condominium with bath, kitchen dining area and living room.

She previously lived in a one-floor, two-bedroom apartment at College Court. "We really needed the extra space," Johnson said. Johnson lived for a year in a three-bedroom apartment in Lang Homes in the Park DuValle neighborhood while College Court was being converted into condominiums. The $289-a-month rent at Lang was nearly $70 a month more than her $220 mortgage payment for the College Court condominium. "I'm paying less on something "It's a lot different from what I had before," Skillion said.

"I used to share a porch and yard. Now I have a private yard, and I can have a pet." Dawn Johnson, another homeowner who lived at College Court before the conversion, said owning a home has created a sense of pride and well-being. "It's different and a lot better than living in the projects," she said. "I'm very satisfied, and I feel a lot safer. It's like a little community." Johnson, 35, and her children, ages 4, 13 and 16, live in a three- Alka HI tips Qllfis Barbasoljfi Gillette Driing Seltzer Swabs Shave sensor or BA Tablets mo Double 1 I Cream Cartridges Distilled Fxl 36 ct.

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And when a drawing was held to see who would have first choice of the homes south of downtown, Skillion said, "My name came out second. So I was pretty lucky." Her reward is a modern three-bedroom condominium with more privacy and mortgage payments that are lower than the rent she was paying on an apartment of similar size. The 35-year-old mother of children ages 6, 9 and 14 is one of 100 purchasers of homes in College Court, which is bounded by Seventh and Eighth streets, Kentucky Street and Garland Avenue. In 1987, College Court became one of the first and largest multi-family public-housing complexes in the country to be converted into privately owned condominiums. "Everybody who purchased there was a former public-housing resident," said Kathi Whalen, program and development director of Louisville Housing Services Corp.

The non-profit agency was established by the Housing Authority of Louisville to market the condominiums and provide financing and counseling to the new homeowners. "So we're really geared to the low-income and the first-time buyer." Whalen said the Housing Authority has learned marketing and financing lessons at College Court that have helped in managing LaSalle Place, the second public-housing complex in Louisville to be converted to condominiums. LaSalle Place, at Algonquin Parkway and Dixie Highway, will have 158 one- to four-bedroom units costing $18,000 to $36,000. The first units will be finished next month, and the entire project should be completed by spring. Former residents will be given preference, but other low-income buyers can apply for the homes.

Whalen said College Court's success and the experience of the past six years will smooth the way for operations at LaSalle Place. There have been some foreclosures and late payments at College Court but at a rate normal for the housing market. The vast majority of homeowners are making their mortgage payments, Whalen said. "I think it puts to rest the myth among lenders that low-income buyers are risks in terms of delinquencies and defaults," she said. "They have done very well." Moving day was like a homecoming for Skillion, who was born when her parents lived in College Court.

She grew up in the neighborhood and moved back as an adult. "This was the only home I really knew," Skillion said. "When they said they would sell them, there was no doubt in my mind that I wanted to buy one." Her monthly mortgage payment of $266 is $20 a month less than she was paying for similar space at College Court before the apartments were converted to condominiums. Advil Tablets 100 ct. Ibuprofen pain reliever.

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