A true drinking man built a good house

[jon palmer]

We are coming to the end of tearing down a family home for which we can't afford to restore. Sad moment especially for the 98 and 96 year olds who were born there. Many things were found in the walls (snuff cans, etc.) but among the beams was a perfectly empty SC Dispensary 1/2 pint with the initials but not the palmetto tree. The great thing was that the cork is preserving air from way back then. The archives state the house was finished 1902 but the able minded owner of a business at 98 states it was earlier and she named the dog whose tag was found dating 1934. I'm not much of a treasure hunter but thought it would interest many of you out there. Also, there was a bottle with cork and the marking of only a one on the bottom and to one side. I have no idea what that is. The house was taken down by hand so all of it down to the bricks will be reused. Another find was the Napanee Dutch Kitchen which was screwed to the wall and had been painted ten times by my Great grandmother. Its funny but it would have been at the dump if my wife hadn't insisted we clean it up and put it at the house. Some value it restored at up to 2000.

 

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[N.J.THer]

Any pictures??

 

[stewielouie]

Love those Jo Jo bottles

 

[CRUSADER]

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what he said

 

[K Zack]

It is sad to see these old houses go.
We chose to restore an old house built in the 1860's.
Lot of work.
Kevin

 

[oldsalty19]

 

[N.J.THer]

It is sad to see these old houses go.
We chose to restore an old house built in the 1860's.
Lot of work.
Kevin

Agreed...my brother purchased a huge 1800s house but once he got into the foundation and structure it was too far gone to save at a reasonable price. He had to knock it down then worked with the town and neighbors to come up with a plan that would fit into the historic area. He is now building two victorian style homes with staggered set backs with the garages located behind the homes to make it look like they were there for a long time. I also hate to see these old homes go but what happens is they are so expensive to maintain that people just stop doing basic maintance then once water starts getting in, the house rots pretty quickly. Thats not mentioning the cost of utilities in these old homes which are just out of this world.

One house I hunt that is a 1800s well to do Doctor's home is having this happen now. The owner can't afford it and can't afford to move so it is just rotting away. They offered to trade homes with me which if the house was in decent shape would be a great deal for me but as it stand I just don't have the extra cash it would take to fix it up. A real shame.

NJ

 

[metal mania]

nice pictures