{"id":12398,"date":"2026-01-14T01:35:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T01:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=12398"},"modified":"2026-01-14T01:35:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T01:35:42","slug":"a-look-inside-an-1899-brick-mansion-built-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=12398","title":{"rendered":"A Look Inside An 1899 Brick Mansion Built To"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>A Forgotten Landmark<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Urban explorer Leland Kent, creator of <strong>\u201cAbandoned Southeast,\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>documented a striking brick mansion built in <strong>1899<\/strong> for Alabama state senator Robert H. Moulthrop. Even abandoned, the home reflects an era of permanence, pride, and status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Architecture and Design<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Designed in <strong>\u201cImperial Revival and Queen Anne\u201d<\/strong> styles, the mansion features a turret, decorative brickwork, and tall windows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Its five-bedroom layout suggests a space meant for both family life and formal gatherings, with grandeur still visible beneath decay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Built to Endure<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The home\u2019s survival owes much to its materials. The Moulthrop family owned a major brick operation, resulting in exterior walls <strong>\u201cup to six bricks thick.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The columned veranda still stands, a testament to its solid construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Decline and Legacy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inside, roof collapses and crumbling fireplaces show severe damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abandoned after the 1980s, the mansion remains a reminder of architectural resilience\u2014and how quickly neglect can erase grandeur.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Forgotten Landmark Urban explorer Leland Kent, creator of \u201cAbandoned Southeast,\u201d documented a striking brick mansion built in 1899 for Alabama state senator Robert H. Moulthrop. Even abandoned, the home reflects an era of permanence, pride, and status. Architecture and Design Designed in \u201cImperial Revival and Queen Anne\u201d styles, the mansion features a turret, decorative&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12399,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12398"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12400,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12398\/revisions\/12400"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}