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After a 13-year exterior renovation entirely funded by donations, Norway's Gingerbread House is ready for a new chapter and ownership. Courtesy Brewster Burns
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After a 13-year exterior renovation entirely funded by donations, Norway's Gingerbread House is ready for a new chapter and ownership.
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One of Norway's iconic landmarks, the Gingerbread House on Main Street, was saved from demolition by a committed group of volunteers. It is seen here in 2016, before exterior renovations transformed it to the restored architectural treasure it is today.
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A widened angle view of the Gingerbread House's second floor. The Norway building holds at least a dozen steam radiators with patent dates from the 1890s.
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A view of Bob Butters Memorial Park, seen May 14 from the Gingerbread House turret in Norway. Contrary to rumor, the park was never given to Norway Landmarks Preservation Society. It belongs to the town of Norway and will remain a public community space.
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A view of the climb from the Gingerbread House's first to third floors. Built in 1851, the last major interior renovation to the Norway structure was done in the 1880s in the Victorian style.
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The porch and chimneys of the Gingerbread House have all been rebuilt to meet building codes. The interior of the Norway building has been largely untouched for 130 years.
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A passageway on the third floor of the Gingerbread House in Norway. Its interior features are largely intact but its eventual new owners will have to add completely new systems and restore three stories of house.
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Peeling paint, crumbling plaster and deteriorated layers of wallpaper reveal more than a century of care and neglect inside the Gingerbread House in Norway.