Tag: History
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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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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,…
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History Part I
To our home’s successors, We’ve spent countless hours trying to research what we could on the history of this house. To save you from the work, here’s a download of what we’ve discovered so far. We were previously told the house was built in 1870- this was incorrect. After drafting this letter and reconfirming a…
Letters to our House Successors 