Columbia Home & Lifestyle - January/February 2009 - (Page 10) Aptly named Providence Point and positioned on a cliff 100 feet above the Hinkson Creek valley, the home is situated among a thicket of trees and shrubs and beautifully landscaped flowerbeds. Location, location, location. Those three magic words describe this 11,000-squarefoot home at the end of a long and winding road south of Hearnes Auditorium. It is isolated—unless you hear the beat of the Marching Mizzou Band during practice prior to a football game. Living in a secluded setting so close to campus is at once a blessing and a curse. Early this year, gates were installed to keep wandering souls at a reasonable distance. Inside the pair of massive wooden front doors, visitors are faced with either a right turn toward the 23-foot-long dining room, a left turn toward the 40-foot-long living room, a walk up a curved staircase that leads to a guest bedroom suite, or a walk forward down a central corridor, which leads to the two-story addition begun in 1984 and includes private family quarters, a sauna and outdoor swimming pool. Susan Elledge, design project manager for the 1984 remodel said, “There was no separation between public and private space, which is the reason the addition was put on…people would wander back into their private bedrooms.” PREVIOUS PAGE: Exterior of the Providence home. TOP: Visitors walk inside the home to face either a right turn toward the 23-footlong dining room, a left turn toward the 40-foot-long living room, a walk up a curved staircase that leads to a guest bedroom suite, or a walk forward down a central corridor, which leads to the twostory addition started in 1984. BOTTOM: Gary and Sherry Forsee 10 january/february 2009
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