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Article: You're invited ; Come in and take a look around at the Savannah Holiday Homes Tour
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- St. Joseph News-Press
- Article date:
- November 26, 2007
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Atchison rolls out welcome mat for Homes for the Holiday Tour
Anita Christenson didn't need to see the inside of the stately
two-story brick home in Savannah, Mo.
As she and the real estate agent came up the circular drive, "I
said that's it."
"We even agreed," quips her husband, William Christenson.
And once Mrs. Christenson saw the inside?
"Oh, my," she says, "but there was nothing that couldn't be
repaired."
The former California residents (she was born in Atchison, Kan.,)
moved into their "new" house in 2000 and began bringing the 1864
Civil War home back to life. They had previously restored their
Victorian home in California and weren't daunted by the work that
needed -- and still ...