Gull wing roof. This Victorian home was much smaller when it was built. It once had up and down wrap-around porches. Over the years it was turned into a mishmash with a masonry lower porch floor, stairs, and wrought-iron railings.
Brought back (literally to 1880) in two stages: 2002 and 2005. The frame of the original front door was found where the middle downstairs window is now. A hidden staircase was found in the kitchen.
BILL FRISELL and PETRA HADEN
The first thing we did at our 113 Mt. Hermon home was to convert it back from a duplex to its historic single family designation. The first project was interior; the second was exterior.
Historian Ted Bell came to our home to help us achieve a truly historic look. He represented the HSOG. We began to collect OG ephemera and historic sources.
How many of the new generation of home buyers have the same sort of commitment?
The Historical Society should be able to address this question, but they seem to be too busy with house tours and Victorian doll houses. They show no interest in historic zoning, rotting historic homes, or HPC failures. Currently they have no events.
Did you know that the CMA, strangely enough, has no historian. They depend on the HSOG.
Recently we heard from the historians at St. Paul’s Church who designed a walking tour of the Grove. Our house is now called the “Beagle House” since Rev. Beagle once lived there. –Paul @Blogfinger.
Awesome restoration of this house. I have really enjoyed driving down Main on my way into town and seeing this beautiful home. 🏆