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1895 Modified Victorian
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 The
house featured on OHNE was built in 1895, just when electricity and gas lighting were both
installed in houses and central heating was coming of age. As far as
we can tell, in more than 100 years, we are only the third family to enjoy this
house. The sketch to your left is from an article about our house in the
1899 issue of Scientific American Building Edition. The original plan
called for light yellow siding with cream trim below and mahogany stained shingles above.
Take a look at the floor plans and from
there you can visit some of the areas of the current house.
Anna and I were extremely lucky to find our Old Home New England. We had
moved into an apartment building that was just two blocks away from the home we
would eventually adopt. I say "adopt" because you can never
actually own an Old Home...it owns
you.
We used to take long walks in the neighborhood and had commented how much we
liked the porch on this really dark looking almost all green house. Of
course, we had looked at a dozen houses and even made a bid on one. Thank
goodness we were 1 hour too late on that first house!
Take a look below to see just some of the great happenings of
1895. We thought it very interesting to see what was
happening while our house was being built. Don't forget to see the floor
plans.
1895 events while our
OldHomeNewengland was being built.
Wilhelm Roentgen discovers X-rays
Marconi invents Radio Telegraphy
King C. Gillette invents the safety razor
Baseball legend Babe Ruth was born
First professional football game played in US at Latrobe, PA
First US Open Golf Championship held
H.G. Wells writes "The Time Machine"
"The Timetables of History" 3rd Revised Edition
by Bernard Grun, Touchstone Book, Simon & Shuster
ISBN 0-671-74919-61
All Clear Signal is Not
So Clear
Although there is some expectation amount civilian defense officials that
the daily sounding of the air raid alarms will familiarize the citizenry
with signals,...not so much optimism is felt from some quarters with
regard to the "all clear" signal. |
Cool as an Ocean Breeze...
Forbes & Wallace White shirts $2.24
Garden-Gay Pinafore
Everybody's Work and Play Dress $2.25 |
Deputy Collector's Plea Vain
Ration Board Refuses to give Him C Card to Get Enough Gas to Gather in
Texas |
Enjoy All The Things You've Heard About... 3
Exciting Days in New York
Hotel President
$9.50 per person |
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