This is the house I grew up in. The picture was taken on Friday and actually Dirk took the picture while I was driving, but I posted it today because I have been thinking a lot about this house lately. It holds a lot of memories, some of my sweetest and some of my worst all in one location.
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Looks like a nice home - love the front porch and how welcoming it looks from the street. Reminded me of the "Home" chapter in Crunchy Cons.
Also thought it was neat that the colors of the houses are sort of red, white and blue (with the flag in the center) and you posted this on 7/4. :)
Sandy, it was a lot like the 'home' and community in Crunchy Cons. It was very eclectic and kind of artsy, but very warm and friendly. All the houses were build between 1850-1910.
That is neat about the house colors :) I didn't think about it because I 'know' the house is green, but it the picture it is more white than green. I did notice the flag on the porch when I posted it though.
It holds a lot of memories, some of my sweetest and some of my worst all in one location.
That one sentence, along with the photo, speaks volumes.
Love the porch and the style of that house. I hope the good memories outweigh the bad.
Susan
What a great old home! Love the wide porch especially.
So different from our west-coast homes....
Looks warm and inviting. When I revisit my childhood home, it always looks so much smaller than I remember.
What a great house to grow up in. What is the year?
Sorry it holds some bad memories too though!
So funny, I just read your comment to Sandy, and I was going to say that it reminds me of a home that he mentioned in the Crunchy Cons book! LOL!
Carol, I think the year on the deed said 1870 because when my parents bought it in 1973 the insurance said 100+ . That was a big deal in our family. We would talk about all the things our house had 'lived through' and wondered about all the people who had lived there.
The one decision I really, really regret is letting that house go. My parents bought it for $35,000. In 1985 when they divorced and were going to sell it, my dad offered to let Dirk and I take over the payments and utilities, transfering it to our name after a year. We didn't think we could swing it and so they sold it for $50,000. I just found out that it resold a couple months ago for $375,000!
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