Here’s the story of a historic mansion in Detroit’s Brush Park.

This place, the Lucien Moore house, originally built around 1885 for a lumber tycoon named Lucien Moore, was pretty much all gone.

We’re talking about a classic case of abandoned glory – an overgrown garden, walls giving up, and completely exposed to the harsh weather.

Transformation of the Lucien Moore House

Defying the odds, the Lucien Moore House was spared from demolition. Instead, it got a complete makeover.

Although some of the architectural bits have a modern twist, the transformation is pretty impressive.

They turned the mansion into apartments – six in the main house and another three in what used to be carriage houses.

After the revamp, the price tag of this beauty jumped to a whopping $3.3 million.

Michael VanOverbeke, a lawyer who’s part of the ownership team, snagged the property back in 2011 for $275,000 when it was in receivership.

Previous owners had given the outside a facelift, but VanOverbeke took over and finished off the interior.

It’s a neat story of saving a piece of history from becoming dust and turning it into something new.

Shows what a bit of love (and a lot of cash) can do to these old giants.

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