Some more homes in my little village . Spent one whole winter removing these windows in the Green house. Removing the glazing, repairing and repainting. The log house behind was the first home built here in 1817. The gold color building is the bakery with a wood fired bread oven. The garden in the foreground is of original design and the size of a whole village block
The Number One house in town, Built for the elderly. they all moved back home later and was lived in by the leader of this separatist German colony. One of my first glazing projects when taking the job of facilities manager of this historic village.
This is the log cabin mentioned in my first picture. The Zoarites, a communistic society numbered the houses to identify them for the people who delivered dry goods from the nearby magazine.
The school house built in the 1850's Two floors, still has the original tin ceilings and school bell in the cupola
Original log cabin privately owned. Was the first meeting house. The men entered the first floor and the woman entered the second floor. The floor between had an opening so the women could hear the speakers. Women had a right to vote during their tenure.
The Zoar Church. It too was called a meeting house where the men and women entered from different doorways. Built in the mid 1850's
Zoar hotel. Built for the Canal clientele during its heyday. The cupola is cool with a winding staircase.
The magazine. Used to gather and supply the village with goods not provided by the community. Sugar and such.
The Assembly house. Privately owned. Originally used to call the workers who gather in the morning for the duties of the day.
This is a magnificent thread no doubt. I totally get it about the old style craftsmanship it takes to build these lovely homes, and the interiors, again, simply superb. With that being said, I feel that I should step in and represent the " fringe " element of the old school, tye dye hippie/artist/gear head/wingnut. The wife and and I are fortunate enough to have this cool, old, little 1934 cracker box house in the area known as " FRELARD " that is the area between the Ballard and Fremont districts here in Seattle. Here is a little set of pictures to show the strange evolution of the most fun house on our street. People stop by constantly to ask questions and take pictures. I always give them encouragement to go home and drive a nail into their house and let their freak flag fly freely! This is Seattle, the house does have a worth, but its the dirt its sitting on that is the real value, and our zoning is commercial/residential, that means we can make all of the noise we want to from 9:00 AM till 9:00 PM. We take full advantage of that, plus there are cool artist's warehouses on our street, so we are fortunate that we have a great micro community of widely diversified personality's that add to the mix! Picture 4 shows the Cessna T-50 Bobcat ( bamboo bomber ) fuselage that is the matrix we grow large sunflowers in, in the summer time.
We live in a modest ranch style home built in the late 50's., our furnishings range from hand me downs, to primitives, to early American junkyard. There is no rhyme or reason to our eclectic taste. HRP
My living space is not quite as cool as some of ya'll's. My house is a 1953 model. My dining room is put together with early 1940's flare. Arvin dinette set with original adds and cardboard display. Stamped steel China cabinet to match. I would have more rooms done this way but I'll just have to wait for the kids to grow up
This looks exactly like my childhood home that was built in 1927! Sent from my LM-V405 using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
This was my last project house built in 56! First photo is what it looked like when I first moved in... Second is after removing 36 trees... The Deck... Front walk and stairs and then adding 54,000lbs of pavers for a patio and a Shed pad. The whole inside was fairly stock MCM with a mix of 4 decades of lighting and plumbing fixtures. Sent from my LM-V405 using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
This is what I'm building. This style is what B.Allan Mackie referred to as a Georgian Style home, one that the settlers up in Georgian Bay of Ontario built. The unique thing about this style is that only 6 or 7 rounds of logs are needed to reach wall height. And this is where it's going. This is the rear of the home which will face the lake: And this is the front of the home, facing the street.
I live in Ky , there an old Military Fort near me . It was were lots of troops were trained and went to war from during the Spanish American War , and there is the exact same house on that fort property . I saw this and I’m like WTH !
Wnen I was a child we lived in one of those two room hillbilly shacks . built on a steep hillside stacked up rocks for a footing had a tin roof and covered front porch. board and batten siding. no electricity. no running water. Used the spring for drinking water and keeping food cool. outhouse doen the path. I was built right after the war of northern aggression. In 62 we got electricity and installed a pump in the spring. Dad built a new house in 64. and it had sheetrock. after my parents dies the place was sold. the new house had blasck mold behind the sheetrock and was termite infested. The new owners burn it down. moved in a double wide. the old shack is still standing as solid as ever. My house is a 160,s house trailer bought new and buil on to. its got termites. not worth fixing. The trailer is a 10 x40. hallway so narrow the fat folks we have now would have a tight squeeze to try and fit thru there.
This old house was built in 1900 for the not so wealthy country people of Missouri. We are the ones who saved the house to raise another future family after working on it for the last 41 years. It was rough looking but very solid. Old houses and old cars go together.
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