Want to see what my house looked like about 130 years ago?

[sinkingfeeling]

This was it in 2012, when we were repainting.



I've got to get a picture of it from the same angle and upload to photobucket!

[JimDandy]

1. The dapper guy and woman in the original photo

gave it added interest. Definately post a photo at same angle and maybe with a guy and gal posed in the same position as in the old one.

Nice house, then and now. I really like the paint colors.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. What a beautiful house, my dear sinkingfeeling!

Both views are wonderful. I love your paint choices too!

I agree about your getting a picture from the same angle and posting that. It must be fun living in such a home!

Thanks for sharing!

[magical thyme]

3. beautiful home...

but it reminds me of why I walk around my place without my glasses on

[hunter]

4. It reminds me of my great grandparent's house in San Francisco of a similar age...

... (and sadly not in the family since the Great Depression) which looks much the same now as it did new.

The poor houses on either side of it were stripped of their ornamentation in the tasteless 'fifties, 'sixties, and 'seventies when buyers were seeking a "modern" look. All the houses in that neighborhood have been subdivided into small apartments, some of them no larger than my grandma's childhood bedroom.

You have a lovely old home. I enjoyed your post.

[sinkingfeeling]

5. A lot of the neighborhood suffered the same fate. I'm in a Registered Historical District.

My house has the same footprint it did when built. I returned two porches and the stained glass windows on the 3rd. floor.

I do love it.

[Art_from_Ark]

10. One of my professors used to live in a house like that

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I wanted to live in that part of town-- lots of nice old houses and plenty of trees.

[Brigid]

13. I was going you ask about that stained glass window.

So you had one made to replace the old one that had disappeared over the years?

[sinkingfeeling]

15. Yes, I found frames at an antique shop and then had the glass put in for

the attic windows. There are 4 original stained glass ones on the first floor. About 80% of all the woodwork is original, but it took me 15 years to get all the paint off. The rest was duplicated as were a few pieces for the porches.

[hifiguy]

6. That is one

GORGEOUS house!

[kwassa]

7. Here is my house 130 years ago.

[Rozlee]

14. Ha! That's my house too, except deeper in the woods.

I expect it will be in the middle of a row of strip malls and shopping plazas in a couple of decades the way developers are trying to buy up real estate in all the housing developments and acreage in the area.

[Jackpine Radical]

23. In a couple of decades, I wouldn't be surprised

if the urban sprawl is brought to an end due to increased efficiency requirements for transportation & utilities. Our metastasizing messes are not sustainable.

[NJCher]

25. yes

I know an urban planner. There is so much going on that people don't know about, and it supports what you say.



Cher

[ChazII]

32. An orange orchard was where

my house was built. Lucky for the neighborhood many trees were left on the lots.

[raccoon]

8. The old photo makes me think of Poe or Stephen King! nt

[Liberal_in_LA]

9. wow. stunning house

[femmocrat]

11. I love your color scheme!

Beautiful and very authentic.

[livetohike]

12. Beautiful! Both versions are stunning. Thanks for sharing the photos.

[Phentex]

16. Really I just have to ditto this!

Very nice.

[riderinthestorm]

17. Gorgeous! Do you know what the original paint colors were?

some of the old painted ladies in the town I grew up in banded together and got a historic specialist to come out and work through the layers to find the original colors.

Then some of the owners re-painted hem in the originals.

A few were pretty garish but it was such fun going on that house walk!

[sinkingfeeling]

18. LOL, yes, they were the same as it's painted now only in reverse! The base was

the golden color with green shutters (which I haven't replaced) and accents with dark red around the window frames.

[riderinthestorm]

20. Oh my!! Lol... Well I'm glad you reversed them. It looks way better this way! Nt

[struggle4progress]

19. Yes!

[passiveporcupine]

21. what a lovely house

I'd like to see more of it, and some inside detail too. I bet the inside is gorgeous too.

Very nice paint job, and I know exactly what it's like to try to remove multiple layers of old paint from an older home...I tried doing it with a log home and eventually had to give up and repaint it (Fanny Mae wouldn't give me enough time to do it right).

How many sq feet?

[sinkingfeeling]

22. It's about 4800 sq. ft. in total. But I didn't finish the 1200 sq. ft. on the

third floor. Somebody else can do that. I just saved the thing from being condemned!

[passiveporcupine]

24. OMG, that's enormous.

What do you do with that much house?

[NJCher]

26. your house is stunning

I, too, am in love with older houses. It must have been such a thrill to find this picture!

Sad, though, about what you said about the other houses losing their trim. If only those people knew how much went into making that trim.



Cher

[Manifestor_of_Light]

27. Very cool!

I have a house that is probably 130 years old. I repainted it and took off the ugly aluminum awnings my grandparents had put on in the 1950s. Unfortunately, my only child has no interest in it.

It's a Gothic Bungalow. One story with high pitched roof and bay windows. I don't have the porch or the gingerbread trim. I can't even get my friends to come see me on weekends that live in Houston and Dallas. I guess they are too busy working. It's a neat old house. It has the most peaceful vibe of any house I've ever been in and a feeling of permanence.

[TuxedoKat]

28. I love your house

and the photos. I have an older house too, built in the '20s. Getting ready to do some renovations on it this year.

[shanti]

29. that's an awesome house!

does it have a big country kitchen and clawfoot tubs?

[Enthusiast]

30. Wow! Ya done good!

[pnwmom]

31. You should be very proud. What a great job! n/t

[OnyxCollie]

33. That's one rockin' pad, sinkingfeeling.

[Plucketeer]

34. Too cool

What our "place" looked like in 1885 - was untilled earth with huge and ancient oak trees. It was truly the Wild West at that time! I'm envious of your charming home, but I wouldn't want the upkeep.