When Frank and Maura Brown bought the historic King Estate in Highland Park 17 years ago, they saw decades of neglect inside the stately Second Empire palace.
Interior walls had been haphazardly spray-painted white and black, track lighting was nailed into original handpainted artwork dating to the 1890s and water damage seeped through walls. Canopies, balconies and a 16-foot finial were missing from the Victorian mansion on Elgin Road.
But the Browns saw potential in the … (View original article)