Having blogged about “The House On 6th” was like releasing a genie from the bottle. It has been a trip down memory lane as the family slowly, very slowly began sharing memories. There were a lot of comments about the “witches house” so I just compiled “one-liners”. Enjoy.
Hidden Closet behind the bookshelves in the living room.
Walk-up attic creating the 3rd floor of the house and the illusion of “large”.
Side entrance to house designed for horse drawn carriages.
Large climbing trees in the back yard.
A Tonka truck corral under the trees in the backyard (Grasshopper No.3’s domain).
An inclined driveway from the street that launched bicycles and “Big Wheels”. It was the hit of the neighborhood kids!
From the memory of Grasshopper No.3, lots and lots of grass. He had to cut it!
Lilac bushes that lined one side of the backyard and for one week each spring, created what heaven must smell like .
Bench seat in the front windows of the house.
Of course there was the “mother of all clothes chutes”. It handled all the bedding with no separating from the 2nd floor down to the basement. It handled clothes hangers and newspapers, too.
The concrete pad off the back of the house served as the patio for parties, graduations, “grilling out”, and family celebrations.
Custom built swing set for Grasshopper No. 4 and N0. 5. Sadly, we moved to Appleton before No. 5 got much use of it!
An open staircase to the second floor for dreaming about the brides that would eventually be descending from upstairs. I said dreaming!
There are lots and lots of things like dismantling an antique stove, removing wallpaper and installing 200 amp electrical service so that the toaster didn’t blow out the 15 amp fuses. My goal was to capture enough memories of the house to challenge your own thoughts. The years in the house were a journey. Enjoy.
Love,
Dad