Talk:Spite house
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[edit] Freeport
I'm originally from Freeport, NY, though I haven't been there in ages. I can't picture a spite house at the corner of Wilson & Lena. Google Maps doesn't seem to show anything of the sort (but the article says it's still standing). Any clues? - Jmabel | Talk 20:53, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
- Aha! There's a good online source here. This should probably be expanded slightly in the article. It's not the usual small house on a seemingly unbuildable lot. It's a large house on a large (roughly triangular) lot, which was built to stop Lena Avenue from proceeding straight west past Long Beach Avenue. - Jmabel | Talk 21:02, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] I love this Article
I'm a real estate appraiser in Massachusetts and I love this article. I'm pretty sure I know of a few spite houses and will try to see if I can remember where they are, and find sources. Great article! Beamathan (talk) 13:35, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
- I took photos of the Skinny House today, added one to this article, and wrote an article about that house itself. - House of Scandal (talk) 00:30, 26 March 2008 (UTC) P.S. - Yes, we are a spiteful bunch here in the Bay State!
[edit] Commons
Just a reminder to those who have added pictures to this article: if you place your articles on the Commons, they can be used by other-language Wikipedias. I've set up a Commons:Category:Spite houses. - Jmabel | Talk 00:54, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Greeba Castle, Greeba Towers
The Isle of Man has what may well be a spite house, Greeba Towers: a very odd-looking house built bang next door to an equally odd-looking house that was owned by the novelist Hall Caine. The house is mentioned on page 229 of Vivien Allen's Hall Caine: Portrait of a Victorian Romancer (1997, viewable on Google Books). [1] 45ossington (talk) 06:42, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
