The Historic District

We've been in the house a little over a month now. There's still lots of boxes to unpack. The basement, garage and shed are packed full, with very little organization to any of it. A lot is still in storage but due to lack of space here, most of it will wind up being sold, given away or tossed. I do...

Thank you everyone for the welcome by the way.

Hubby went by the house and took some pictures of the back yard for me. Lovely

I'm chomping at the bit to get in there; I can't wait to see what I'll find. While I'm waiting, I've been doing research online on past owners and residents of the property. No real clues on when the house was originally built yet, but I know who owned the land at least from 1854 to 1880. I know who...

This style of house is all over this area of Ohio and some of them were definitely tied to coal mining. From the research I did yesterday, I've learned that the "national style" is likely the predecessor of the Folk Victorian. From what I understand many are set up like a shotgun house, one room wid...

We'll be closing soon on our new old home. It's a half a block from the historic main street our county seat. The street it sits on, the houses were built between 1875 and 1925. Unlike the next street over that housed the leaders of industry, the houses on my street are modest but well built. The la...