It was amazing how it was transformed back to the 1860’s when it was built. Yes I can take a few pictures sometime.
Petejoe that place is incredible! I don't really understand what you meaning about pumping out the basement? Could you explain to a dummy?
sounds like they pumped out the flooded basement after a lot of rain, and they pulled enough water out of the surrounding muddy ground, that the walls subsided.
That’s partially correct. Sorry to confuse. The basement was pumped out, not the surrounding ground water, causing negative pressure onto the walls.
My pal @NoSurf suggested I post some pics here. Love the new forum! My wife and I bought this place on 5 acres in December of 2012 from the grandson of the original builders/owners. The surrounding land was owned since the early 1900's (and some of it is still owned by the family.) The house was built in 1930 with some additions made to it in 1989. We have the original blueprints from 1930 and the '89 additions. The dairy barn was built in 1946 (we have the prints for that as well) and it remains unchanged other than now housing my metal/ auto shop below and woodshop upstairs. These pics were the easiest to up load from my Instagram account with no rhyme or reason to them. We are adding our own touches to the place as time and money will allow. It will forever be a work in progress! Most of the woodwork on the first floor is the original mahogany that we repaired and reconditioned. The additions to the home were made in a way that was sensitive to the original parts of the house. The same size/style trim was used (painted) rather than some 1989 contempo stuff. American Standard fixtures dated 1929. I was in the middle of repairing a leaky toilet tank. It is since back together. Some missing rail above the sunroom as a tree fell on it the first year we were there... Upstairs in the barn/shop.
HUGE Thank You to RainierHooker for starting this thread, and everyone that has posted! Comes at a time when the McMansion owner behind us is giving us some grief over our house we built 40 years ago on the street I've lived on for 67 years. I'll post old house photo tomorrow. I've been selling ads out of Country Life In America magazine for a few weeks now, have a stack from 1907-1912, it is so easy to travel back in time just thumbing through every issue. Thanks going out to Ryan for opening up the HAMB to all the warmth and love that is shown in every house photo that is posted here. Bob
I'm kinda testing the waters... this isnt an old home, it was built 10yrs ago. My Wife & I love old homes but we couldnt find one in the location we were looking so we built one. We used some Architectural salvage ( push button light switches,Cast iron floor registers, Bookcase room dividers) to make our home more authentic. I'll wait to post more pics till I see what reception this receives, I'll remove this posting if needed..
Nice job building a new house that looks old. Good colors, architectural detail and the reuse of antique materials. Antique houses are often in less than desirable areas or not where you want to live. Looks good
Thanks for all the compliments! Our home has been a fun project, we still have more to do but its pretty comfortable. Here's some more pics
That's awesome! It's looking more and more like my wife and I will end up doing something similar for similar reasons. The house really looks great!
55Deso, Thanks!, If you guys decide to build ,I'll gladly answer any questions or give input if needed. There is alot of stuff you can do yourself to save money and set your home apart from other new houses. I hope you guys do it!
Some of the woodwork ,coffered ceiling, book case room dividers & columns were salvage. As were some of the light fixtures, I constructed alot of the inside and outside fixtures , they were sheared 20 gauge steel ,formed in a brake and soldered together. The outside fixtures I painted with automotive paint, the installed art glass ,inside fixtures were painted with hammertone and installed with Mica for the shades
Felix- nice place. Good to see a recent built place that doesn’t have a 25’ tall entryway with faux pillars etc. I have absolutely no idea why, but when I first looked at the picture I thought “huh, a new house that looks old”. There isn’t something that sticks out but ? “Stock up now — before the hoarders get it all!”
i have been trying to nail the old house i live in back together for the last 15 years..........here is a project i "hot rodded". needed a bookcase....... a quick pull of a finial............ book case opens to the bar....... then tucks neatly into the wall........ the whole thing spins on a chevy truck axle bearing set onto the foundation below, frame work is a piece of 8" channel and does not use a wheel to support the outer edge. the hard part was getting the dimensions correct so it looked right and fit.
Fourspeedwagon, The first pic shows the house right after the yard was graded, maybe that was the giveaway, When the foundation was poured we had neighbors stopping by wondering "What the hell we were building??!" They thought it was some sort of bomb shelter or something .lol .. It didnt look like the ranch style thats kinda the norm. It was pretty cool towards the end of the project that some of the contractors coming in weren't sure if the house was new or a remodel.
Felix.....way cool house. Wife and I thought about doing that to, actually had some plan drawn up off one of the Sears homes, your typical american four square. Where in WI are you? What did your builder think of the idea?
Here's more pictures of Casa de Hooker... This is the our 1907 home, which is a constant project, as most things we like are. It is what would be considered an Edwardian "Vernacular" home. Not quite Victorian, not quite Craftsman, not quite "Arts and Crafts". Just what would have been a modest middle-class home around these parts. The original owner was a clerk for the railroad and as the first house on its side of the street, it was quite literally built from the forest that surrounded it at the time. We have touched just about every part of it in the last five years. Roof, siding, walls, plumbing, windows, and more. We are trying to keep as much original as we can though... The (1950s oak) floors were redone with a rented sander over the course of four days of hell... Plaster and fir have all been massaged, not perfect, but livable... Stripping years of whitewash off of the downstairs woodwork is a constant ongoing project... The backyard has kinda taken a midcentury turn... And last summer I built a covered workspace for the ol' cars... Its a lot of work, but the end (if we ever get there) will be worth it, and the stops along the way keep us going...
The pictures of the snow covered 39 and your home are timeless. Especially like the one from inside with the period perfect tree and wrapped gifts.
Mom and Dad were just married and wanted to buy this house in 1946, nothing has changed on the outside except for several coats of paint, $7,000 was a ton of money back then, so they built their dream house from scratch. Bob
This is the house next door to the one above, both built at the same time by two brothers, same basic house, one is more accessorized, , I like the looks of the blue one. Bob
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