Mrs. A.W. Byers later sold the home to Jerry Mangan, a contractor, who used it in many fashions including renting it out to the Universal Institue, a correspondence business school which had 24 workers in the structure. Catherine Mangan sold the home in 1986 and it has three owners since. The current owners, Cynthia and Johnny, are restoring this gem and have turned it into a bed and breakfast.
If you'll note in the 1940 Tax photo, there is a porch roof on the east side (left) which is missing today. Due to a failure to maintain the building, the roof collapsed (below). This was well before Cynthia and Johnny owned it.
Front entry on left which has a "B" etched into the glass for Byers.
All of the light fixtures in the home were fitted with both gas and electric when it was constructed.
All the original pocket doors are intact.
Above. The original ice box... looking in from the porch on the house... the other side opens into the kitchen area. Below, butlers pantry. Some of the tubes and other devices for staff communication still exist.
Butler's pantry above.
Original bathroom fixtures above.
More original fixtures including a wrap-around shower, below.
Above and below. You can really see both the electrical lights and the gas lights.
Above, first floor bathroom .