April 2019 – Gardens to Gables

April 22, 2019

The original bathroom in our 1901 farmhouse bears little resemblance to what it must have looked like 118 years ago. Subsequent remodelings resulted in a laminate floor, no tub, and a toilet precariously perched on top of a step leading to the attic stairs (which is a challenge for a toddler just learning the life (read more)

Category: Kentucky architecture

Tags: Historic bathroom, home remodeling, old house bathrooms

April 10, 2019

Deconstruction of historic buildings – taking them down carefully in order that the materials may be reused, instead of ending up in a landfill – was described as a “relatively new concept” in the United States in the 1990s. Practiced mainly on the west coast, the “construction in reverse” process has gradually drifted eastward, with (read more)

Categories: Fulton County, Schools

Tags: #caseyjones, #caycehighschool, #historicschools, #mobileandohiorailroad, #worksprogressadministration, deconstruction, WPA

April 1, 2019

There’s something about a mansard roof. The Addams Family house, in both the 1960s sitcom and movies – the Bates house/motel from Aldred Hitchcock’s Pyscho – and numerous representations in art, pop culture, and music (I was ecstatic when Vampire Weekend released “Mansard Roof” in 2007). The mansard roof (basically, a dual-hipped roof) is the (read more)

Category: Kentucky architecture

Tags: #kentuckyarchitecture, #mansardroof, #SecondEmpirestyle, mansard

April, 2019

Old House Find: Plaster Scored to Look Like Tile

The WPA Builds: Cayce High School, Fulton County, Kentucky

The Second Empire Style in Kentucky

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