"We're also with State Farm. They have been great, and to date have insured us for market value, but we just did a review with them because we felt our house may be under-insured. We bought it six years ago, and have restored it. (cover Sept-Oct…"
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History Lessons: Discovering a Bungalow's Past
Started Sep 16, 2009
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Doug McDaniel replied to Chris DiMattei's discussion Do you live in a George F. Barber "pattern book" house?"Susan,
I checked on Ancestry.com and they have various city directories for the Lorain and Amherst area from the 1930s to the 1950s. you might find some family names for your address that would help you track down some photos. Just a thought."
Doug McDaniel replied to Chris DiMattei's discussion Do you live in a George F. Barber "pattern book" house?"Chris, also Jennifer Montgomery, a realtor in Knoxville. http://www.citywhippet.com/
She inventoried Barber and Baumann designs while in college."
Doug McDaniel replied to Chris DiMattei's discussion Do you live in a George F. Barber "pattern book" house?"Chris,
I think one positive thing we could do with this thread is to start making a list of "classic" Barber elements during his high Victorian period and then also some of the more neoclassical. I agree the article should have provided…"
Doug McDaniel commented on Mike Anderson's photoRosemont Duplicate,#19D2DF.
"Mike, what can you tell me about Barber's last house? if i recall correctly, he lived at 1715 Washington from 1903-1912, then lived at 1701 Coleman from 1912-1915, when he died."
Doug McDaniel replied to Chris DiMattei's discussion Do you live in a George F. Barber "pattern book" house?"This is the intersection of Washington and Barnard from the 1917 Sanborn fire map. The area is not included in the immediately previous 1903 Sanborn map.
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Doug McDaniel replied to Chris DiMattei's discussion Do you live in a George F. Barber "pattern book" house?"below is the transcription of the 1900 Knoxville city directory.
1900
Henry H Kincaid, butcher
Residence 1731 Washington Avenue
Washington Avenue from Sixth Avenue in block 1200 east to Cherry
1510 L H Levy
Cross Hamilton
1615 B E Moore
1618…"
Doug McDaniel replied to Chris DiMattei's discussion Do you live in a George F. Barber "pattern book" house?"Below is a transcription of the 1898 Knoxville City Directory.
1898
Henry H Kincaid, Kincaid & Mynderse, meat market, 24 Market House
Residence 1731 Washington Avenue
Washington Avenue from ETV & G Ry east to Hardin Hill Road 1 n of…"
Doug McDaniel replied to Chris DiMattei's discussion Do you live in a George F. Barber "pattern book" house?"Guys, it's looking like he settled down at 1731 Washington.
Here is 1897, consistent with 1895.
1897
Henry H Kincaid, butcher
Residence 1731 Washington Avenue
Washington Avenue from ETV & G Ry east to Hardin Hill Road 1 n of Jefferson…"
Doug McDaniel replied to Chris DiMattei's discussion Do you live in a George F. Barber "pattern book" house?"Below is a transcription of the 1895 Knoxville City Directory.
1895
Henry H Kincaid, butcher
Residence 1731 Washington Avenue
Contradicted by the street list:
Washington Avenue from ETV & G Ry east to Hardin Hill Road 1 n of Jefferson (n e…"
Doug McDaniel replied to Chris DiMattei's discussion Do you live in a George F. Barber "pattern book" house?"addition: in the residential list of 1893, Henry H Kincaid is listed at 2011 Washington Avenue."
Doug McDaniel replied to Chris DiMattei's discussion Do you live in a George F. Barber "pattern book" house?"I can upload the Sanborn maps. let me get the transcriptions first."
Doug McDaniel replied to Chris DiMattei's discussion Do you live in a George F. Barber "pattern book" house?"The following is a transcription of the Guide To The Street and Avenues of Knoxville Tenn 1894
1894
Henry H Kincaid, meat market, 14-16 Central Market
Residence 1730 Washington Avenue
Contradicted by the street list (was he boarding with T J…"
Doug McDaniel replied to Chris DiMattei's discussion Do you live in a George F. Barber "pattern book" house?"The following is a transcription of Washington Avenue from the 1893 City Directory of Knoxville.
1893
HH Kincaid 14-16 Central Market, from Central to Broad, 1 north of Fifth Avenue.
Washington Avenue
From ETV &G Railway east to Hardin Hill,…"
Doug McDaniel replied to Chris DiMattei's discussion Do you live in a George F. Barber "pattern book" house?"Chris and Mike:
City directory results below.
1882.
Harrison H Kincaid, butcher at the Market House
Residence east side of Crozier (now Central), 5 blocks south of Third Avenue. This would be near the railroad tracks.
1884
HH Kincaid, 304 Gay…"
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Cleaning Your Bathtub
We've had a surprising discovery...On our 1916 bathtub, we had tried everything on the stains...to no avail. We were shocked to discover how well "Bar Keepers Friend" works. Contains no phosphates, bleaches, or ammonia. No abrasives, it comes shiny clean. company web site here. They say it is derived from rhubarb.
The company has been around since 1882. We found it at our local Kroger (about $1.50 a… Continue
The company has been around since 1882. We found it at our local Kroger (about $1.50 a… Continue
Posted on September 23, 2009 at 4:57pm — 1 Comment
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To an Old House Journal party! My wife, Faith and I have renovated seven homes...well technically, we're on our seventh renovation. There are still some things that we want to do, but the bulk of this house is done. You can read about it in the September/October issue of Old House Journal. Pinch us, because we're still not sure how our house made the cover of the magazine. We feel like we… |
Posted on September 4, 2009 at 4:30pm
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Robert H. Wood said… - I recognize your house from Old House Journal. Great house. Great job.
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