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My house, in 1905 and last year: http://big-old-house.blogspot.com/2009/09/then-1905-and-now-2009.html http://big-old-house.blogspot.com/2009/09/then-1905-and-n
by Vivtek 16y ago
My house, in 1905 and last year: http://big-old-house.blogspot.com/2009/09/then-1905-and-now-2009.html http://big-old-house.blogspot.com/2009/09/then-1905-and-now-...
- jacquesm 16y agoThat's so cool! My house is also from 1905: http://pics.ww.com/v/jacques/buildings/neatspot/07042007224.jpg.html http://pics.ww.com/v/jacques/buildings/neatspot/07042007224.... It's a tiny little farmhouse, I spent 2 years rebuilding it.
- Vivtek 16y agoWhat a pretty little house! Mine was actually built in 1885 according to the insurance company records of the day (back then, the insurance companies had an actual map of every house in a major town of Indiana, just in case somebody signed up for their insurance - and now it's all on microfiche at the library). The 1905 picture was the earliest I've found so far; it would have been interesting to see one from anything before 1901, when the front porch was built. I love the house; it's built to last and even has a brick outhouse (which was in fact built like a brick outhouse). The neighborhood, not so much. Richmond's fortunes have fallen since the 1800's.
- jacquesm 16y agoVery interesting to be able to pull that much historic information up from the records. I've traced some of the older occupants of the house that I live in (one guy in his late 80's!) and invited them over, it was quite the experience to hear them tell their stories. World War II started for the Netherlands about 500 meters from where my house is (it's right on the German border, the Northernmost crossing). If those old walls could tell stories...