Oh Brooke - me too! Can you believe that my grandfather helped to build it along with a fellow Irish immigrant from the neighborhood. I remember every inch of that house, but the people who have it now have ruined it. They "modernized" it and put on an addition. The second story porch is gone ( I just loved that porch!) and my granpa's beloved fruit trees and
dogwood trees were taken down. Those fabulous old houses were built to sit like a jewel in
a setting - with the lawn & gardens around, but no one cares much for that anymore - they'd
rather sprout some cancerous looking "addition" that insults the original architecture.
That house is also a testament to the American Dream. My grandfather came to the US in 1893 with $10 and worked for Carnegie Steel. He'd grown up in a small cottage in Ireland with 9 brothers & sisters and was able to build this house in 1911. God bless America!
mary ann