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Today I walked around my new neighborhood and participated in my area's annual Mother's Day House Walk, where people could walk around and go inside 7 historic houses in my area.
Most of the houses were buit in the 1890s and they're huge! The tour cost $40 and I took it by myself. I wanted to pull my Samantha doll out of my backpack but I didn't have the courage. Except for the first house which is a museum, people still live in these houses today! Most of them are worth around $1 million or more! I felt like I could have been right there in Grandmary's house, playing dolls with Samantha and Nellie.
After I left the last house I drove around and took some pics of some of the other houses that look like they should be on that tour.
Post what you think. I know not all the houses are elaborate at Samantha's but they're still quite fascinating! Enjoy!
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/klevin.../ph//my_photos
<font color="#051E50" size="1">[ May 08, 2005 09:30 PM: Message edited by: Katie from IL ]</font>
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WOW! Those houses are beautiful. I have always wanted to do a walking tour of old historic houses, but I missed the one my boyfriends mother always goes on. They live in area that was settled in the 1700's and the old creepy houses are everywhere! I'll just have to wait till next year.
Thanks for sharing the album, I definitely enjoyed it!
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Those are such pretty houses! The tour sounds like a lot of fun. I'm curious about the picture of the AG books though. Are those yours? Or were they in one of the houses? [img]smile.gif[/img]
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Oh-when I was in the first house that was lived in, I didn't know I wasn't supposed to take pics inside the houses. Anyways there was a girls room and I saw the AG books there and was thrilled! I also saw a locked AG diary on top of a dresser. I didn't see any dolls though.
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So beautiful. Thanks for the pictures. Seems like it was well worth the money.
Nann
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Wow! That's some neighborhood. Are all of the houses in that area mansions like that or are they mixed in with some regular-sized houses, too? How fun it must have been to actually get to see the inside...that chandelier was incredible!
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Those houses were breathtaking. Thank you so much for sharing. It really does look like mT. Bedford up there. Never seen such gorgous in my life.
Nikki [img]graemlins/rose.gif[/img]
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Those houses were breathtaking. Thank you so much for sharing. It really does look like mT. Bedford up there. Never seen such gorgous in my life.
Nikki [img]graemlins/rose.gif[/img]
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My sister and her husband have a Victorian, and they are in the process of renovating it. She has been on the hunt for the perfect dining rooom chandelier for almost two years. I should tell her to take a look at your picture! That chandelier would be perfect in her dining room! LOL!!!!!
My sister's house is more in line with a Victorian farm house, though. [img]wink.gif[/img]
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Thank you so much for sharing! I just love Victorian homes.....sigh.
When I was growing up, one of my best friends lived in a old Victorian. She later moved, and the house is now used as an office building! It is a landmark in our town, however, and is kept in a gorgeous state.
Next door to that house, is where another friend lived. I knew him mostly in HS. I spent a lot of time at his house, and that house was a Victorian mansion. His parents later moved, and now that house is a bed and breakfast. It makes me sad. I miss going to both places. I remember the second house having a fire place in every single room. It was the most beautiful place, but so large that his parents couldn't afford to furnish all of the rooms!
By the way....his older brother is a personal physician to President Busch!
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Wow, it's like all my Hallmark Christmas House collections got full-sized! Beautiful! I do love old style porches. They have so much more style than a deck! Thanks for the tour.
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Gorgeous houses! I would love to live in one, but they look like they take forever to clean! I guess that's what maids are for...even though I'd feel sorry for them! [img]wink.gif[/img]
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Thanks for sharing! They're gorgeous!!! I wish I could afford to live in one!!! [img]smile.gif[/img]
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I live in a refurbished, fairly modern apartment building with very low rent but very small studio units in this neighborhood, so that's the only reason I can afford to live in such a neighborhood. I couldn't take pictures of all the houses otherwise I'd need a couple hundred pictures!
I know that some of the garages used to be carriage houses and some of the larger houses were turned into duplexes! I believe all the houses you saw in those pix were single family houses. Some of the houses were so big I could barely fit them in the picture! I also live right near Lake Michigan, so there are beaches and lots of trees and just about everyone seems to have a dog-I see so many people walking their dogs.
Even though the houses are old and many are considered official landmarks, the insides have been modernized so they have things like a completely modern kitchen, washer/dryer, flat screen TV, etc mixed with wooden carved banisters, fireplaces, balconies, chaise lounge chairs and as you saw chandeliers!
There seem to be lots and lots of rooms, so everyone gets their own room plus extras for office, playroom, laundry room, even a parlor maybe. Oh-and all the homes had professional, black-and-white, artsy style photos hanging up on all the walls of the family, especially the children. I saw a lot of these photos in every house of the kids. There were at least 3 levels(not including a basement) in every house I went in. I've never been in a house with more than a basement, main and second floor.
I wish I could "house sit" one weekend and bring in all my dolls in their fanciest dresses for an old fashioned tea party! But I don't think I could clean such a house-where's Mr and Mrs. Hawkins, Elsa and Jesse when you need them?
