Category: History
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2024
To our home’s successor, We are finally catching up to current events… in 2024, with very little liquid assets to do any projects, we did what we could. We had quite an opening left on the enclosed wall in the parlor where the sliding door had been and we did not have great working heat…
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Ending our worst year -2023
We got a quote for painting the house and barn with the understanding that our contractor was still working and would complete painting on his work once completed. We were told the painting crew would start on June 23rd and they’d be done end of July. That did not happen… 2 guys showed up June…
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2023 porch part 3
In April 2023, decking layout began. M and I helped with this install in May when we took a staycation. It was incredibly fun to help on this and know that we played a small part in our big project. We did a hidden fastener installation with a Camo Marksman. After the crew did some…
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2023 porch continues
To our home’s successor’s, The guys finished framing the deck late January and started to work on the ceiling. This became our first add. We opted for ceiling coffers which did increase the complexity as well as material cost increase. (this was not our last add… we were easily swayed and it ended up biting…
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The Porch begins
To our home’s successors, In September 2022, after more than a year of waiting, our contractor team started on demolition and discovery. The porch project as a whole expanded into several projects and a much longer timespan that anyone expected. Our team started by removing the ceilings, they were meticulous and slow as to be…
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2021
With 2020 spent primarily in global lockdown, many factories were then behind on production and often short staffed when they were finally able to reopen. The limited supply meant high costs for materials… just in time for us to do a major project… With this as our outlook, we decided to take it as easy…
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2019 Wrap-up
To our home’s successor, The second half of 2019 was both slow moving and eventful. In June of 2019, after a particularly difficult week at work, Matt suggested we go up to the roof and watch the sunset over a beer. We came back down those narrow widow walk steps as a newly engaged couple.…
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First big yard cleanup
To our home’s successor, 2019 was the year of low-budget street appeal. With some major electrical work underway, we decided to commit ourselves to tackling the yard. The entire property was and still is extremely overrun with invasive species. The hedgeline along the street was extremely overgrown and consisted of some MAJOR bittersweet vines that…
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Electrical Work
To our home’s successor, In May of 2019 we started our “big dig”. Our first concern with the house was the outdated wiring. There are, of course, conflicting opinions on knob-and-tube but we are of the opinion that it should be removed as it can be considered a fire hazard. We were lucky to find…
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History Part II
What began as generic research as to who lived in the house turned into a fun investigation… McGrath Henry McGrath (1846-1915) held various jobs but we believe was primarily in the Coal industry. Census records during the McGrath ownership: 1900- Henry McGrath, headMarie D Jordan, servantStephen A Cronan, servantSophia Larson, servant 1910-Henry McGrath, headStephen Cronan,…
Letters to our House Successors 