My Life And The Mansion     After all these years, I can still remember the first time that I really took notice of The Belcher Mansion.     I was 12 years old, mowing the lawn at the First Baptist Church, and looking across the street at the Henry Belcher Mansion.  Of course, back then as an early teen, I simply knew it as "The Mansion."   Actually, it looked like a castle to me!    I would imagine the people who lived there, and what their lives must have been like.  I figured that they were famous.  I also concluded that they obviously had to have been rich!   Who else could afford to live in a mansion... a castle!     I loved the building then, I loved it growing up, and I love it now.  It was always a dream to own this property.  In 2004, after an extended negotiation of years, this dream came true.   Owning... or better yet being a "trustee" of this historical property... has been a labor of love.  Belcher Mansion is a magnificent property; an architectural masterpiece, one with lasting and increasing value,   The Belcher Mansion is a property that could not be replicated today; at least not for under $3 or $4 million dollars; the architecture, the masonry, the materials, the marble fireplaces, the delicate hand-carved mahogany woodwork, the stained glass windows, the craftmanship; all a timeless work of art.    For me "The Mansion" gave new meaning to the term "Pride of Ownership."     Michael S. Trabulsie               "Mike"       MST Properties, Inc.