Every historic building has a story to tell
In the last year or so, I’ve encountered so many fabulous historic apartment buildings that I feel like I have a new crush. Last August, as I rolled down a hill into Parkersburg, West Virginia, I saw the circa 1903 Savage Flats out of my passenger window, and little hearts began to dance in (read more)
Category: West Virginia
Tags: #historicapartments, #historicarchitecture, #parkersburgwv
While traveling home from the beach last month, we spent a nervous half hour frantically trying to find a hotel room off of I-65 in Alabama. It was a Saturday night and traffic proved a nightmare – a nightmare which would balloon into epic proportions if two adults and two small children had to spend (read more)
Category: Ballard County
Tags: #historicarchitecture, #historichotel, #hotel, #kentuckyarchitecture, #wickliffeky
I’ve been scanning old photo albums lately, tumbling back into time as I turn each brittle page. Laughing faces, twirling girls, dogs that I almost recognize although they’ve been gone for over 100 years – and buildings that no longer stand. I’m lucky – the cousin that lent me this album to copy as part (read more)
It’s always a delight to feast my eyes on a historic house that is not only visually appealing, but is well-maintained and not a cause of worry for anyone with a soul deeply attuned to the vagaries of historic preservation. And some houses from the first decade of the 20th century offer such an exuberant (read more)
Louisville in the 1920s brimmed with energy and optimism. The horrors of the Great War were receding, and the economy, building projects, and the city boundaries all expanded. In 1922, nearly 12 square miles of suburban land to the east and south of Louisville (some 40,000 people) were added to the city’s tax rolls. Developers (read more)
Category: Louisville
Tags: #historicarchitecture, #historichouse, #kentuckyarchitecture, #louisvilleky, #oldhouses
The railroad town of Midway, Kentucky, is not only endearing, pretty, and charming, but it possesses a depth of interesting historic architecture. Over the years, I’ve enjoyed strolling the quiet streets and taking in a range of architectural styles and types. One curious house that has long intrigued me has now gone on the market, (read more)
Category: Woodford County
Tags: #historicarchitecture, #midwayky, #nationalregisterofhistoricplaces
A house, from the outside, reveals only a portion of its true character. Details – like intricately carved brackets, or a romantic-looking bay window – lead the viewer down one path of speculation, but upon opening the door, you tumble, like Alice, down a rabbit hole of a completely different house. Sketching out the story (read more)
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