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- House for sale, 96 Western Avenue
- House for sale, 96 Western Avenue
- shine a little light
- the big apple
- t'aint
- this old house is protected
- for better or worse
- the works
- portrait in stone
- my three dads
- Old First Church, Bennington, Vermont
- skywatch friday
- this old house thursday: old red
- wednesday doorway: Bennington, Vermont
- the slant of sunlight
- monochrome monday: cemetery silhouette
- annual strolling of the heifers: after the parade
- annual strolling of the heifers:
- annual strolling of the heifers: and plastic bag d...
- annual strolling of the heifers: there were unicyles
- annual strolling of the heifers: in my father's arms
- annual strolling of the heifers: love at first moo
- annual strolling of the heifers: cowabunga
- annual strolling of the heifers: Pre-parade--the d...
- annual strolling of the heifers
- those who live in glass houses
- this old house
- beauty in a roofline
- green cargo
- Wooden feet
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20 comments:
Ah, but what a lovely old house. I'd love to buy it and restore it; I think it would be magnificent...
It appears someone might be restoring it now...
Great photo, too.
Brattcat, tell us more about this old house, please. :)
As Jacob said if you restored it to it's former beauty I could easily live there!
It would be perfect after restoration!Is it for sale?Any ghost living there? LOL Just kidding!
Léia
Some sandpaper, a lot of paint, many trips tot he hardware store and an infinite amount of elbow grease could make this the Yankee Vermont equivalent of "Under the Tuscan Sun." Maybe someone could move in, fix it up, and write a book entitled "Under the Crimson and Amber Maple Leaf.
I think this house is made of wood....Nice to see.....
No doubt... But it must have been a fantastic house! Today it seems to be a ghost house …
It has such character, I wonder if there is an angel about to rescue it.
I'm enjoying your Brattleboro pix. My ancestors are from Townshend, and I'm working on some old letters right now, so this is cool to be able to look at the general area of where they came from. I came through Brattleboro on a very quick trip one time. It wasn't long enough. I'll have to come back! Thanks!
hi Brattcat, thanks so much for your comment and your offer regarding requests! I actually did spend a second day in Townshend on another trip, but some locations were elusive. I really appreciate your offer. One would be the old Joy residence (and farm) in Harmoneyville, Townshend. I didn't find it, so I don't know if it's still there. I have a map showing it in c. 1856. The houses are given by the owner's name. It's the 4th house southeast of the Post Office on Main Street, across the street from the P.O., with C. Ballamy just across from the PO, then no name, then J. Taggart, and W. Joy (my ancestor). After Joy is R. Smith and J. Fiah. Those last 3 seem close together. It could be all gone by now. I know they lived there in the 1850s, possibly 1840s. I have census records and many letters. I'm resurrecting a project with some letters that cover that time and place.
Me again. Sorry, "Fiah" should have been "Fish." :)
It does look like a candidate for "This Old House." Maybe even just a good coat of paint to bring out all the nice carpentry details.
Simply stunning work here
Beautiful facade here
Picturesque old place, I hope it is worth restoring. It would be a very nice house.
...but is still very charming!
Gorgeous house! Love the decay look here!
So many of us value decay and abandonment.
Great old house, Brattcat. The features point to a late 1800s colonial revival style house. I like the double porches . . . it gives me a vision of what "Clueless" & my 1900 era house must have looked like before a previous owner enclosed the 2nd floor porch.
I see a clue that restoration has begun . . . the inner front door appears to be boarded up . . . perhaps the door is being restored . . . one can only hope!
one can still feel the class :)
Love this old house. Wouldn't that be fun to do up?
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