William Berry House in Loring Park
I’d had an idea to name this post as ‘a spooky house in the park’. As a new resident of Minneapolis (USA) for less than a month, the house looked to me just like a ‘cute’ installment at the park. I changed my mind after reading the house history from the website of the Friends of the Loring Park.
Located in Loring Park, a park that existed from Year 1883, the house was built as the office of William Berry, the first park superintendent in Minneapolis. According to the Friends of the Loring Park, the house was constructed in 1889, and it served for 17 years as his office. The house had changed its functions after his retirement but later in 1998, the house was restored to its origins and became one of the Minneapolis park’s historical monuments. I have never realized the house was old, impressive!
Oh well, there is nothing spooky from this house 👻👀
Photography details
When: The images were captured at night (gosh, it was a cold evening!).
Camera: Mobile-phone camera of Samsung Edge S6.
Camera Mode(s): HDR.
Digital Processing: Nik Software Silver Efex Pro (I used the older version, I got it for free as a giveaway photoshop plugin).
Flash: No flash.
Tripod: No tripod. I hold the phone lightly; truly I was impressed by the camera lens stability.


I am impressed that you took those with a hand held mobile phone in the cold! Really nice. Stay warm. Only 67 days ’til spring🍃
Gosh…I wish it comes sooner 🙂 Thank you, Lisa, I am actually very impressed by the quality of this cameraphone 🙂
As you should be! Impressive indeed
Heyyyyyy Indah!!! Happy New Year. It’s been a while eh. How did your move go? Are you enjoying the USA?
Great photo, and cool looking house.
🙂 ❤
Happy New Year!! Yes, it’s been a while 🙂 all is well and I am still bit overwhelmed with things going in Minneapolis – the winter weather is bit shocking 😀
Ohhh, hahaha. Gotta love those intense winters there eh. I don’t envy you. I lived in Ottawa, Canada for 6 1/2 years and it was very intense.
Have a great Sunday and week Indah.
🙂 ❤
Hahahaha, I still have to get used to it! I hope the spring will come soon 🙂
Could you pick a colder time to move to Minneapolis? Just watching the Vikings/Seahawks football game over the weekend made me cold. We have friends there….beautiful city and area (when its not sub zero)…stay warm and welcome to the US!!
😀 Sadly we did not have any choice – hopefully, the spring will come sooner this year 🙂 Thank you so much, Kirt, we will make the best of it for the next coming three years 🙂
oh i like this shot. maybe a bit vintage in look, but that’s what makes it better.
Thank you! Choosing the vintage look after reading the history of the house 😉
The tint and your treatment of the photo make it look spooky. Nice work.
Thank you so much Sherry!
what a great little house! The perfect place for a murder – mystery!
😀 😀 hey, that may work for a mystery thriller book cover!
Very cute house (though admittedly, the lighting does make it look a little spooky!).
Yup, Whenever I walk around the house at night, it does feel bit spooky there 🙂
It’s always good to do some research! This is a great photo… and to learn that you took it with your mobile device makes it even more amazing.
Thank you so much! Nowadays the quality of camera in mobile-phone is improving, it’s getting easier to take pictures when we don’t have camera with us 🙂