Tag: House History
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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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2022 self- performed
To our home’s successors, With our major project on deck for the year, we tried our best to stay motivated and accomplish a few projects on our own as well. We started on some low hanging projects that were mostly aesthetic. We had shifted primary rooms in 2021 which gave us ‘his and hers’ closets…
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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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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 Our first concern with the house was the outdated wiring.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,…
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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 