at times architects must visit existing buildings to investigate, measure, study and ponder before starting their work….
today a bit of history, a bit of wondering, a bit of yesterday as I visited a (pre-Civil War?) building that is slated for renovation.
it is important to remember that architecture was here before us, and I certainly hope we make architecture to be here when we’re gone. let’s make good decisions and not borrow against tomorrow.
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Lee, where are they getting the date for that house? The windows, flooring, and siding are not pre-Civil War – the framing might be. Thanks for the pictures and thoughts –
I agree, not everything is that old, but it has a strange framing system. Perhaps I spoke too soon and believed what I was told.
Jane, a newspaper article forwarded to me states that residents of the area date it to 1870’s according to oral tradition.
Nice pics.