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nice collection - that "new" is relative and would be just to avoid confusion with that "other" england - enough confusion these days
Isn't that a wild roof in 029?
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If you want a not-so-new thing called new, try the New Kingdom of Egypt, circa 1550 BCE - 1080 BCE. 3555 years ago and less is "new".
-- J.S.
No. 20 Don'tcha just love slumlord siding?
Insul-Brick asphalt impregnated fiberboard I believe.
Kept the snow from blowing in on the beds.
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ok, one more of my homestead for laughs.
be cryin'.
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Maine?Andy Engel
Senior editor, Fine Woodworking magazine
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Other people can talk about how to expand the destiny of mankind. I just want to talk about how to fix a motorcycle. I think that what I have to say has more lasting value. --Robert M. Pirsig
None of this matters in geological time.
Homestead was Ohio. All the others were by the northern Mass. border and south New Hampshire.
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How did they build all those sideways buildings??? Buckism: Will show you the the way
Sorry bout that but I'm on a dial up without a photo program to turn them around. Thought to put them out there anyway as if someone was interested enough they could turn them themselves.be turn turn turn
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I thought that looked like the lawrence/methuen/lowell area. They have some buildings up there that once were nice but that was when they were not drug gang lands. I think Holyoke is similar.
Terrific picsWhere all you headed?
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Sojourners: Christians for Justice and Peace
Finished up today and headin' out in the morning.
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Worked good for a few years to keep the snow at bay . But then it started to blister and fall apart/off . Very attractive for a slum location as it aged .
No wonder those double porched houses reminded me so much of driving through Fitchburg. :-)
Here's a pic of sliding indian shutters in a house built in 1788. Apparently used to close in the windows, probably just to give them enough time to get the gun ready.
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And some more tower pics like one might see in about every town and hamlet around those parts.
Ok, end of the tower pics, I promise.
be towering
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Back to the 1788 house. 3 side by side toilets downstairs and a two seater upstairs set back in a little to use the same cistern.
The story about multiple seats to save on shoveling out the cistern doesn't seem to ring true here as the one approx. 5 or 6foot deep cistern serves all 5 stools.
be a stoolie
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She must have been quite a lady in her day.
For years I always passed this place and looked forward to seeing it. Ageless. Hasn't changed.
Finally this trip I decided to snap some pics. Saw a lady outside next door and asked her what she knew about the building. She said they too had inquired about buying the building as everyone else in town had.
Seems a somewhat eccentric elderly woman and her daughter lived in a downstirs section. No one hardly ever saw them save on Halloween when they would let people inside their downstairs living area.
Woman said the woodwork was ornate old world craftmanship as she had been in the house once.
Apparently it had served as an inn and bed&breakfast at one time.
Because of the historical significance to the community the city had offered to repair the structure at no charge but they refused fearing the increase in taxes.
She said the original building was brick and later clapboards were added.
When the foilage is off the trees the whole building can be seen showing the enormity of the place in one view.
That's the story as related to me.
Known as the Walloomsac Building in Bennington.
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Cool pictures of that house, but could you go get inside and get some pictures of that old world craftsmanship!
Damn shame that its just going to crap.
Doug
Maybe I could try on Oct.31rst.
be a gremlinbe spooky
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7 of 13 looks like another job for Spere.