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Thanks for the photo's Gloria.  The interior still appears quite stable in these shots. That old pine was such an outstanding building material.  One thing is clear.  This is totally doable!  :)  I am so thrilled this designation was made and it will serve as a long overdue inspiration to get things happening in LaVilla.

Was it stripped of interior fixtures?

These houses need a good cleaning.  They need dried in.  They do not have any fancy architectural features in them, but that is probably because none were there to being with.

They need to have some work done on the porches, but the piers have been rebuilt and are in pristine condition.  Underneath the house, the wood is in great shape.


Joel and I have been in (and seen renovated) much worse.

Quote from: sheclown on August 07, 2013, 06:19:17 PM
These houses need a good cleaning.  They need dried in.  They do not have any fancy architectural features in them, but that is probably because none were there to being with.

They need to have some work done on the porches, but the piers have been rebuilt and are in pristine condition.  Underneath the house, the wood is in great shape.

(http://i1098.photobucket.com/albums/g374/sheclown2/underneath.jpg) (http://s1098.photobucket.com/user/sheclown2/media/underneath.jpg.html)

Joel and I have been in (and seen renovated) much worse.

This looks fantastic!

Literally, the front door and the back door line up. The door is on the right side (facing the house).  Immediately to your left as you enter, is a front room with a fire place (no mantle left).  Continuing down the hall is the second room, perhaps smaller than the front room.  Further down the hall is the next room, this one with a fireplace. Then the hallway looks like it turns into an open porch; however, it is odd because the kitchen is the last room on the left.  In one of the shotguns, this area was turned into a bathroom.  No bathrooms evident in the others.

So the houses have a hallway which runs the entire side of the house with rooms off to the side.  Four rooms to be exact.  The last room is the kitchen. Two of the rooms had fireplaces in them. 

The houses are in much better condition than the porches, which is typical.  Dancy Terrace is the same way.  The bungalows at Dancy are set up much differently than the shotguns.

So much history .... very cool. Thanks for posting the pictures. You all are one the front lines of preserving history, and a grateful city thanks you!

The bathrooms when they had them were often a small corner of the kitchen.  Wonder if some of these houses harken back to the days of out houses?  The missing mantle should be easy to replace either with a vintage or rebuilt one.  Were any of the original stoves or refrigerators inside? 
Any tub or sink for the existing bathroom? 

The doors lining up is so fun.  It was actually a way to allow for air circulation through the structure. (Shared for those who may not know.  :)  )

Let me try this again....not from phone!!

The bathroom was added, later.

(http://i1098.photobucket.com/albums/g374/sheclown2/shotgunporch.jpg) (http://s1098.photobucket.com/user/sheclown2/media/shotgunporch.jpg.html)

Joel saved this piece from the porches when they were moved.  And he has kept it for 14 years.

The houses have hope, what they need now is MONEY!

Yeah for Joel!  Now we know what kind of trim to put on the porches.  It can be duplicated exactly.  Like I saw on some string or another, these small houses often had Victorian gingerbread of them so they would look "fancy" like the larger Victorians.