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			</div><p>In the small city of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearland,_Texas">Pearland</a>, Texas lies two huge abandoned mansions on adjoining lots. The larger of these properties (which this post will focus on) is 60,175 square feet in size, features 46 bedrooms, 55 bathrooms, an indoor swimming pool, and a 9 car garage. To the locals, it&#8217;s known as the Manvel Mansion.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, over the years this abandoned Manvel mansion in Pearland has started to fall into decay. Vandals have damaged much of the property, breaking windows, spraying graffiti, and ripping out wiring and AC ductwork.</p>
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<div id="attachment_607" style="width: 710px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-607" class="wp-image-607" src="http://houseandhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Mansions-Pearland-1024x584.jpg" alt="Manvel Mansion, Pearland" width="700" height="399" /><p id="caption-attachment-607" class="wp-caption-text">The two adjoining lots, with the larger of the mansions on the right. Both were uncompleted, with no landscaping; the larger one never even had a drive or front gates.</p></div>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">THE HISTORY OF THE HOUSE</h2>
<p>Both these properties were built in 2001; however, neither was fully completed, and neither has ever been lived in. Much like <a href="http://houseandhistory.com/lapalice-castle-the-cottage-that-became-a-castle/">Lapalice Castle</a> in Poland, another sprawling property that was never lived in.</p>
<p>It is believed that the properties were built by a local doctor, who wanted to use the smaller mansion as his home, and the larger mansion as a live-in property for his patients. This would explain the clinical feel of the larger, 60,175 square foot, mansion.</p>
<p>The property boasts 46 bedrooms, 55 bathrooms, an elevator, a swimming pool, a sauna, and a 9-car garage.</p>
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<p><img class="aligncenter wp-image-608" src="http://houseandhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Pearlman-Mansion-1024x512.jpg" alt="Pearlman Manvel Mansion" width="700" height="350" /></p>
<div id="attachment_609" style="width: 710px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-609" class="wp-image-609" src="http://houseandhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Pearlman-Mansion-Garages-1024x768.jpg" alt="Manvel Mansion Garages" width="700" height="525" /><p id="caption-attachment-609" class="wp-caption-text">TheThe 9 car garage down the right-side of the property.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_610" style="width: 710px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-610" class="wp-image-610" src="http://houseandhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Abandoned-Mansion-in-Pearlman-1024x768.jpg" alt="Abandoned Mansion in Pearlman" width="700" height="525" /><p id="caption-attachment-610" class="wp-caption-text">The view of the larger mansion from the smaller mansion shows just how extensive the property is.</p></div>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">RECENT HISTORY</h2>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Manvel Mansion 2017 &#8211; 2019</h2>
<p>In 2017, the property which had been up for sale for $3.6 million and failed to find a buyer, almost became a veterans facility. Christa Mode, an eight-year Navy veteran, wanted to use the property, with the help of the current owners, to support at-risk veterans, saying <em>&#8220;I want to reach them before they ever consider suicide as an option.&#8221;</em></p>
<div id="attachment_636" style="width: 510px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-636" class="wp-image-636" src="http://houseandhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Christa-Mode-1024x1024.jpg" alt="Christa Mode" width="500" height="500" /><p id="caption-attachment-636" class="wp-caption-text">Christa Mode</p></div>
<p>While veterans made up 8.5 percent of all U.S. adults, they accounted for 18 percent of adult suicides. Mode, who had recently moved to Texas laid plans for &#8220;The Bailey House&#8221;, named after the WWII veteran in the movie &#8220;It&#8217;s a Wonderful Life,&#8221; which Mode encourages people to watch from a suicide-prevention perspective.</p>
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<p>Unfortunately, the ambitious plans never paid off, when the dream hit a snag. Mode and the current owner (Jim Youngblood) hoped to change the tract of land from Open Single Family Residential (OSFR) to Light Commercial. However, those plans fell apart when the city of Manval declined to grant the necessary zoning permits, meaning the dream was dead in the water.</p>
<p>Jim said, <em>&#8220;There were probably 60 people in the room and 58 of them were opposed to The Bailey House&#8221;. </em>Youngblood and Mode say the Manvel citizens voiced concerns about having homeless veterans in the neighborhood.</p>
<p>However, in 2019 a new proposal was put forward by the Heritage Christian Academy in Pearland. They wish to change the mansion into a school, Kara Marsh, Head of School for HCA said: <em>&#8220;we have already made it past all of the hurdles that others have struggled with.&#8221;</em></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter wp-image-637" src="http://houseandhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Heritage-Christian-Academy-1024x475.png" alt="Heritage Christian Academy" width="500" height="232" /></p>
<p><em>&#8220;The house was built within the county limits so there was a lot of hurdles getting it switched from a home to a business design,&#8221; </em>Marsh said.<em> &#8220;We have moved past those hurdles and so now it is just a matter of your normal building process. There is nothing now that could really halt our progress.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>According to Marsh, HCA has been eyeing the Manvel mansion since 2003. By 2018, the school decided it needed more room for its growing student population and started filing for the necessary permits.</p>
<p>The school will share the property with the current owner Jim Youngblood and another tenant, Fresh Impact Church, which will rent the back portion of the mansion. Marsh said students will have access to the church&#8217;s gym but will not be able to reach other areas of the church.</p>
<p>So, after 18-years empty, this abandoned Manvel mansion may finally get some use.</p>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">THE MANVEL MANSION TODAY</h2>
<p style="text-align: left;">Before the house gets transformed into a school, this is what the inside of the property looks like. Eighteen years of abandonment and neglect have taken its toll on much of the house.</p>
<div id="attachment_630" style="width: 710px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-630" class="wp-image-630" src="http://houseandhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Broken-Windows-1024x623.jpg" alt="Broken Windows" width="700" height="426" /><p id="caption-attachment-630" class="wp-caption-text">Many of the windows have been smashed by vandals over the years.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_612" style="width: 710px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-612" class="wp-image-612" src="http://houseandhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Entrance-Hall-1024x768.jpg" alt="Entrance Hall" width="700" height="525" /><p id="caption-attachment-612" class="wp-caption-text">The entrance hall doesn&#8217;t look in bad condition.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_613" style="width: 710px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-613" class="wp-image-613" src="http://houseandhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Hall-1024x768.jpg" alt="Hall" width="700" height="525" /><p id="caption-attachment-613" class="wp-caption-text">One of the halls that looks close to completion, many haven&#8217;t been plastered.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_614" style="width: 710px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-614" class="wp-image-614" src="http://houseandhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Fireplace-1024x768.jpg" alt="Fireplace" width="700" height="525" /><p id="caption-attachment-614" class="wp-caption-text">All ready for a new fireplace, one of the rooms that looked close to completion before building work stopped.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_632" style="width: 710px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-632" class="wp-image-632" src="http://houseandhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Fireplace-Ceiling-1024x634.jpg" alt="Fireplace Ceiling" width="700" height="434" /><p id="caption-attachment-632" class="wp-caption-text">However, another view of the same room shows that the ceiling isn&#8217;t in great condition today.</p></div>
<p><img class="aligncenter wp-image-615" src="http://houseandhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Large-Room-1024x768.jpg" alt="Large Room" width="700" height="525" /></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter wp-image-617" src="http://houseandhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Room-Inside-The-Mansion-1024x768.jpg" alt="Room Inside The Mansion" width="700" height="525" /></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter wp-image-618" src="http://houseandhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Derelict-1024x683.jpg" alt="Derelict" width="700" height="467" /></p>
<p><img class="wp-image-620 aligncenter" src="http://houseandhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Unfinished-Room-1024x683.jpg" alt="Unfinished Room" width="700" height="467" /></p>
<div id="attachment_621" style="width: 710px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-621" class="wp-image-621" src="http://houseandhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Elevator-1024x683.jpg" alt="Manvel Mansion Elevator" width="700" height="467" /><p id="caption-attachment-621" class="wp-caption-text">The elevator, the home only had one despite its large size.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_633" style="width: 710px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-633" class="wp-image-633" src="http://houseandhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Unfinished-Hallway-1024x637.jpg" alt="Unfinished Hallway" width="700" height="435" /><p id="caption-attachment-633" class="wp-caption-text">An unfinished hallway, one of the many unfinished rooms.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_623" style="width: 710px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-623" class="wp-image-623" src="http://houseandhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Swimming-Pool-2-1024x768.jpg" alt="Swimming Pool 2" width="700" height="525" /><p id="caption-attachment-623" class="wp-caption-text">The swimming pool, which has yet to see water.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_624" style="width: 710px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-624" class="wp-image-624" src="http://houseandhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Sauna-1024x683.jpg" alt="Sauna" width="700" height="467" /><p id="caption-attachment-624" class="wp-caption-text">The uncompleted sauna.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_625" style="width: 710px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-625" class="wp-image-625" src="http://houseandhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Garage-1-1024x683.jpg" alt="Sauna" width="700" height="467" /><p id="caption-attachment-625" class="wp-caption-text">Inside the 9 car garage.</p></div>
<p><img class="aligncenter wp-image-635" src="http://houseandhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/The-Garage-1024x636.jpg" alt="The Garage" width="700" height="435" />