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"Believe it or not it's in an old truck closet connected to the original bathroom. Apparently the builder wanted their winter coats to have a pretty view! We're half tempted to take the window and put it somewhere else…"
Scott Siciliano commented on Scott Siciliano's photo
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"In a few years we hope to remove the aluminum on the upper story and replace the cornice and cedar shake siding. We are also opening the porch back up next summer."
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- Tell us about yourself:
- My partner and I live in Harrisburg, PA with our dog, Dover, and two cats, George and Billie Jean.
- Tell us about your Arts & Crafts house experiences and dreams:
- We are in the process of restoring a 1911 home in the Bellevue Park Subdivision of Harrisburg, PA. Through some research we learned that Bellevue Park was the first planned residential subdivision in the state of PA, and our home was one of the first built in the development. It was originally commissioned by a wealthy salesman by the name of FW Watts an was named "Thornwood House." The home changed owners twice in the early 1900s before it was converted into three apartment units in 1939. The subsequent decades and owners that followed were not kind to the house and many original features were lost or removed.
As we brave the restoration journey we are, however, carried by the sporadic happy surprises that pop up along the way; glimmers of hope that our house's true personality is still hiding out beneath 72 years worth of bad remodeling. Underneath multiple layers of linoleum and paint we are finding room after room of elaborate oak parquet flooring and cherry woodwork, all of which was crafted in a lumber mill that still stands 3 blocks away.
We have the neighbors buzzing as they begin to watch our house rise up from its dismal past and join in with the beauty of the surrounding community.
We feel strangely blessed to be gifted with the arduous restoration of our Harrisburg gem.
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- At 9:48am on May 31, 2011,
Nathan Winter said… - Welcome, Scott!
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