August 14, 2020: Link Exchange
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Chestatee, GA
Today’s postcard is from Hull, Iowa (the other location written on the front is probably the photography or printing company.) I didn’t go too deep into researching the location, I think this was for the First Christian Reformed Church, link to the history of the church. I have found another postcard by the same writer showing the home in another scene, eBay postcard 1. And another home altogether, eBay postcard 2.
The book recommendation is the recently published Rescued & Restored from Indiana Landmarks. It features over 50 landmarks in Indiana that have been restored including some homes that you’ve seen on OHD before. If you enjoy seeing before/after (mostly exterior), this is a good one!
Really nice! I always look forward to these. It’s kind of sad people use dryers more than hanging the clothes outside, at least where I live. When I was a kid, all the houses had clothes hanging outside during the day. I get it now, most people are much busier and its easier and faster to throw in and out of a dryer, but there was a nice freshness to it. I guess its fresh on my mind because my dryer just broke and I was force to hang my clothes on a rack and put on my back porch, at first I was frustrated about it, but then I thought, Oh, I’m time traveling 🙂
Upstate/Central, NY
Hanging laundry on the clothesline is nice in the summer, but winter (where it’s cold) is another story! The clothes wind up being stiff as boards! (We didn’t have a dryer when I was a kid.)
I remember that when I was a kid. We used to laugh at my fathers jeans when my mom would take them in.
Upstate/Central, NY
They could stand up on their own, right? 😅
Saint Paul, MN
I sold my house where I could hang laundry on the line. The only thing about housekeeping I enjoy, even in the winter.
Escondido, CA
MJG, I know an issue for me is the ironing involved with air drying clothes! I used to do housework for a lady who hung everything on the clothesline followed by hours of ironing. Ugh!
Ugh. I hate to iron !!!
Noblesville, IN
I still remember the day I discovered what a fine mist sprayer of filtered water can do for both wrinkles and static cling. Viola! 🙂
Ironing? What is this thing called ironing????
Hopkinton, MA
We lived in a building with 4 apartments built in the 1910s when we were first married, we had the second floor & there was a washer in the kitchen, no dryer though. We had a small porch off the kitchen where I put up clothes line but if I needed them done quickly, I hung them on a clothesline in the full walk-up attic – they would toast dry. In the winter, I used drying racks in front of the radiators or sucked it up & went to a laundromat. Got an electric dryer when our son was born, it blew fuses every time we used it. Moved soon after. Laundry was never so adventurous again 😉
I remember found that too. On the radiators or my mother used to hang them over the heat register when I was a kid if it was raining. We had a dryer but she didn’t use it a lot.
Noblesville, IN
Even though my grandma had an early 60’s, top-shelf, Maytag washer dryer set; she never used them. My grandpa had bought them for her right before he died unexpectedly. She may have used them in that brief time while he was still alive; but after he was gone I don’t think she ever touched them again. She always used the wringer washer in the cellar, and hung the clothes to dry on the lines down there in winter, and outside in summertime.
In the same vein; she, (nor any of us), ever used the tub/shower in the main bathroom; instead all showers were taken over a cespit from a shower head hanging from the ceiling down there. No shower curtain or enclosure of any kind; just standing there nekid and wet; the A.R.Co boiler keeping one nice and toasty a few feet away. “Too much of a bother to clean it”. Heheheh. She was a right peach, and I miss her.
My grandma’s house is still in the family, and I love visiting there.
https://www.oldhousedreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/stelladad1b2.png
The little girl with grandma is my dad. 😉
Hopkinton, MA
love the picture!
I believe you are correct about to which church it belonged. I found the same picture on the Hull city website mentioning some of the same info as in your link. It stopped being their parsonage in the mid 1960s. Just scroll down and you will see it.
http://www.cityofhull.org/site/history/
From the old map, I think the house used to be on the NW corner of First and Maple Streets, with the church behind it. The map shows the commercial building to the left you can see in Kelly’s photo.
http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/53138/Hawarden+++Ward+2++Hull/
https://www.ebay.com/itm/PC-U-S-IOWA-HULL-RESIDENCES-VINTAGE-REAL-PHOTO-POSTCARD-b4464/302784454392?hash=item467f5c1ef8:g:PisAAOSwEzJbJ4jg
A couple of blocks away was the Reimann house, which was salvaged and demolished in 2017 for a school parking lot.
https://www.oldhousedreams.com/2014/01/08/1912-hull-ia/
Upstate, NY
Kelly, in regard to your book recommendations, thought I’d mention that I just finished “Empty Mansions” and enjoyed it very much, as I have with several others you’ve mentioned. Thank you!
Chestatee, GA
Glad you enjoyed it!
East Dennis, MA
So…. no house to post this week, but I thought I would survey Old House Dreamers for the most common phrases or descriptions you come across in historic home real estate listings.
My top three:
Own a piece of history
Step back in time
If these walls could talk
Honorable mention:
Needs some TLC
Historically significant property
Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
Please add yours below. Stay safe.
Columbia River Gorge, WA
Would make a great Bed & Breakfast
On the Underground Railroad
“So and So” slept here
Prairie Village, KS
Good list. Here are some dishonorable mentions:
“Updated back to the studs”
“……or tear down and build your dream house”
“HGTV inspired renovation”
Chestatee, GA
My favorite is “diamond in the ruff.” 😀
I often see:
Own a piece of history
Step Back in Time
All original hardware
One I’m tired of hearing:
“LIGHT AND BRIGHT AND AIRY” … stop already. Go outside if you want light and bright and airy. So overused. Reminds of of HGTV shows. 🙂
Upstate/Central, NY
Heh, when I bought my house, its listing’s description included “needs some TLC.” 😉
Columbia River Gorge, WA
Mine was listed as “Grandma’s house in the woods”
I looked at a beautiful house called grandma cozy home and I told the agent I’m sure that was scary many people away lol.
Yikes! Little Red Riding Hood?
Sounds perfect.
Great Falls, MT
“with original charm preserved” usually means modernized beyond recognition except for the trim
The description for my house, built in 1895, was: Foreclosure Property. 🙂
At the time, I was too fat to crawl under and check the foundation, so we had to hire a home inspector. We were very impressed with it though. All natural period moldings and tasteful renovations.
Noblesville, IN
“Colonial”
“antebellum”
“needs remodeling”
– mentions some HGTV person or show I’ve gratefully never seen.
“historical”
“she”
My favorite is:
‘Antebellum home built in (some date after 1860)”
Great Falls, MT
1850 with acreage, Athens, NY
https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/30490637_zpid/
1879 Italianate – Bedford, Indiana – $599,000.
Sharing this one primarily for the handsome exterior. It features an unusual tower-like entry capped by an octagonal cupola. The cast iron porch is exquisite:
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/12406-Tunnelton-Rd-Bedford-IN-47421/221144066_zpid/
Columbia River Gorge, WA
Wow exterior! And the barn is pretty cool too.
A jukebox in the kitchen? Now that’s a renovation I approve of.
Hopkinton, MA
the Hoosier cabinet is a homey touch in such a grand place.
Wonderful!
Bainbridge Island, WA
Now that’s a party barn if ever I saw one..!! Great house also…..love the bathrooms and the unusual use of wallpapers.
The postcard with the photo of the woman was taken in a small town about 10 miles from where I live. I was excited to see the town and state! No photographer in that town these days.
Great Falls, MT
Nicely done, Portland, OR – $2,490,000
https://www.zillow.com/b/5631-SE-Belmont-St-Portland-OR/45.517021,-122.605279_ll/
Love the dark paint in the dark-wood living room! Jewel tones are what was originally called for. Cozy it down rather than lighten it up!
This is a spectacularly elegant yet homey house. Perfect blend/balance. As you said, “well done”.
Very enjoyable, thank you!
Seguin, TX, completed 1881. Nearly an acre of land…and don’t miss the basement/wine cellar! Texas Historical Marker in pictures discusses history. Asking $693K:
https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/617-N-Guadalupe-St_Seguin_TX_78155_M91436-52548?view=qv
Another in Seguin, 1940 ranch. Asking $850K. Sharing mainly to see if anyone can come up with an idea to park in the garages…
https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/255-Lake-Placid-Dr_Seguin_TX_78155_M90688-22839?view=qv
Escondido, CA
That’s pretty funny! Looks like they lifted up the whole house on piers, and just left the garage doors intact. I assume it’s living space on the inside. Very interesting problem-solving.
The property may be in a flood zone. Most of the houses on the outer banks are on pilings such as this one is because of the flood zone.
Bainbridge Island, WA
Tony….love the 1881 house…..that cellar is a real live Enoteca…!!! It’s the best cellar yet.
Germantown, NY. Amazing re-do of an 1872 Gatehouse, on nearly 3 acres. Asking $960K:
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/794-Woods-Rd-Germantown-NY-12526/30004611_zpid/
The Germantown NY 1872 Gatehouse is delightfully interesting both inside and out. I like it.
Upstate, NY
Some amazingly gorgeous details, but I’d love to have seen the “before”…
Upstate/Central, NY
1930, $224,900; style… Norman? (pure guesswork on my part!); Utica, NY; on a pretty street a few blocks from me.
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/12-Proctor-Blvd-Utica-NY-13501/31574235_zpid/?mmlb=g,0
You’re in Utica? I’ve been spending the summer in Bouckville! I had the 1830s house in Westernville under contract last month (severe mold problem caused me to cancel the purchase). Got any others in the 75k ish range? I realized in the past couple of weeks that a lot of homes never even hit the MLS, it’s all word of mouth. I cruise neighborhoods like a vulture…
Upstate/Central, NY
Yep, Bouckville not too far from here. Land of antiques (along with Madison). I found my DR’s corner cupboard down there at The Depot, and It looks right at home in my DR; it had been taken out of a house similar to mine in my general neighborhood when the other house was being remodeled (arghh!).
Sorry, but I haven’t heard of any houses in that range up for sale. Good luck in your search.
I’d call that a tudor revival based on the time it was built and the architectural style. I lived in a neighborhood (Country Club neighborhood) in Omaha, NE that had many homes like this built around that time. Those homes tended to be very well constructed, have some nice details, and exceptionally livable.
Upstate/Central, NY
That was my first thought, but then I was second guessing myself, thinking it perhaps had some French Norman aspects to it. A hybrid, maybe?? I certainly am no expert!
Hopkinton, MA
1924 Tudor style in Longmeadow, MA for $515,500. lots of character!
https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/90-Colony-Rd_Longmeadow_MA_01106_M38066-74953
1910 in Enfield, CT – lots of great wood, and not a scintilla of HGTV here folks, $129,900.
https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/484-Enfield-St_Enfield_CT_06082_M38891 46593
1850 Cape in Tiverton, RI for $399,900 https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/929-Crandall-Rd-Tiverton-RI-02878/97587572_zpid/
1794 School House in Middletown, RI re-imagined. Comes with the original bell tower & bell in one of the bedrooms, about 1.5 miles to the beach, next town over to Newport, $1,295,000
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/195-Third-Beach-Rd-Middletown-RI-02842/2078538592_zpid/
Hopkinton, MA
Here is the correct link to the 1910 in Enfield, CT $129,000
https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/484-Enfield-St_Enfield_CT_06082_M38891-46593
well worth the additional effort to get posted. Also, love the church property
Gotta mention a pet peeve: when a photographer uses a crazy lens and a room that is actually 6×8 looks 15×24… Also, when “Virtual Tour!” really means just a slideshow of the exact same listing pics. If more people would just pony up a little extra cash for matterport OR an actual video walkthrough, this would be so much easier!
Or when they use the “Realtor” photoshop filter and set it to “11” so that your eyes hurt when you see the images.
Pretty sweet old (1862) house with added “glass tower” (1891) in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. CDN$369k.
https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/22227171/10-parade-street-yarmouth-yarmouth
Noblesville, IN
Well that thing is certainly not messing around.
https://s3.amazonaws.com/gs-waymarking-images/b85744ab-f9ad-4750-81d6-b6160ac78916_l.jpg
One of the more curious antique additions to an old house I’ve ever seen. TY
Wow! Can I live in the tower? Imagine being up there in a pelting rain storm! Or, well, just being up there. I haven’t seen a tower that has made me smile before. This one has me grinning. Love it!
Now that’s a tower! Quite a mash-up stylistically, but this house is definitely fun; thanks!
Love the dark paint in the dark-wood living room! Jewel tones are what was originally called for. Cozy it down rather than lighten it up!
This is a spectacularly elegant yet homey house. Perfect blend/balance. As you said, “nicely done”.
MCM in Hamden CT $850k
Per the listing: Striking Mid-Century modern home built by Yale architect Sidney T Miller for his own family in 1964. The house has appeared in Architectural Digest shortly after it was built and is listed in several architectural guides to New Haven.
https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/129-Deepwood-Dr_Hamden_CT_06517_M47903-59029
thank you for posting this one. I love the woods and the windows
Upstate, NY
1792 brick home of the Reverend Johannes Schuneman in Catskill, NY, for $395,000. Looks to be largely untouched to my untrained eye:
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/40-N-Jefferson-Ave-Catskill-NY-12414/30495951_zpid/
Barbara, the elevation on shot 2 is very nice and what we can see of the interior is nice too.
1859 Abandoned Canadian farmhouse. Not for sale, just an interesting old house dream. I can’t guess the unique style. Love the exterior with its two toned brick work. And love those intricately carved barge boards. Never seen such curlicues there. Inside I love the floor plan and some of the elegant wallpaper. The ‘urban explorer’ in this video says that the farm was recently bought for development and they have already bulldozed the trees around the house and much of the land. Unfortunately this house is probably next for the dozer. What a pity.
https://youtu.be/Y2oQ_GrUCZw
1875 Brick Victorian in Fayette MO. With attached jail.
https://my.flexmls.com/traviskempf/search/shared_links/3mADu/listings/20200812154502685559000000
Chestatee, GA
If anyone wants to give some tips to Edeason8 about applying their home to the National Registry… https://www.oldhousedreams.com/2013/11/08/1906-queen-anne-eutaw-al-george-f-barber/
Not sure if it’s too late to share a listing, but one of the famous Louisburg Square townhomes in Boston became available for a cool $18.5M. Federal style (1899), six floors, private terrace, beautiful stairs, and one of the toniest addresses in the city (John Kerry would be your neighbor) could all be yours. He might even be the seller here – it’s hard to tell for sure, but his building is in the same row at least.
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/17-Louisburg-Sq-Boston-MA-02108/59166308_zpid/
Kerry’s is next door to this one (which is down from the 20.5 million they were asking last year).
Apparently three houses in this row comprised a convent years ago, and a developer bought the entire property and created/recreated three individual homes.
But I think Kerry’s house on Martha’s Vineyard was for sale this past year.
Yet it looks so uninspiring. For 18.5 you get a dining room that seats 8 and living room that isn’t much better. Interior finishes look Big Box
and staging looks dull. I’m rarely critical, but despite 7000 square feel of space I’m not getting “grand in scale” as the listing implies.
1853, Greek Revival/Italianate, Jamaica Plain MA, $2,985,000
The 3D tour walk through includes the stairs to the cupola and the interior of it—so often this is left out and you can actually see the spaces well. The house is a former B&B, which you can see by the lack of closets and multitude of bathrooms. The owners converted the house back from 5 apartments to the current configuration and while some touches are too modern for my taste kudos to them for bringing it back.
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/50-Burroughs-St-Boston-MA-02130/59133706_zpid/
Article re the B&B closure and house
http://realestate.boston.com/buying/2020/06/19/taylor-house/
1875 Howard County Sheriff’s House and Jail.
Fayette, MO
2465 sq ft Renovated house with 2500 Sq Ft Attached jail.
https://www.reecenichols.com/homes-for-sale/203-E-MORRISON-Fayette-MO-65248-302841038
https://amp.indystar.com/amp/3392299001
10 most endangered buildings in Indiana
Originally a Catholic Church, dating back to 1885, this amazing transformation from church to a very livable home has taken all the best features of a church structure and folded them into a gorgeous Mediterranean-style home. $274,900
Weyauwega, Wisconsin
https://specialfinds.com/listings/historic-converted-church/
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/6-Cushman-Ave-Earlville-NY-13332/29995215_zpid/
Built: 1880. Asking $62500.
Popular George Barber Plan built in 1892 on the Wisconsin Historical Registry. Lots of retained charm. Photos do not show porch sunbursts which were being restored when photo was taken, but they are partially up now and the listing will be updated when completed. Current xcel only $210/m with fam of 8.
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/904-W-Willow-St-Chippewa-Falls-WI-54729/79367919_zpid/
1884 Gothic Church converted into a home in Kingston, NY.
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/23-Fitch-St-Kingston-NY-12401/2078366224_zpid/