One of the blogs I look at, Old House Dreams, posts real
estate listings featuring old homes, often as candidates for restoration. Many
of these feature low prices (at least compared to other areas), prompting any
number of "Oh, I would love to buy that and fix it up if it were only (in
a place I actually wanted to live, wasn't in an economically depressed area,
wasn't adjacent to a sewage treatment plant, etc.)."
One recent post was particularly intriguing, because I was
somewhat familiar with the area, and was going to be traveling through it in the near future. The
house is outside of Sharon Springs, NY (a town whose main activity seems to be
the Instagramming of the abandoned spa and hotels from its heyday). This
particular house had a gloomy, mysterious appearance. I thought it would make a
great subject for a painting.
This house does take "fixer upper" to a whole new
level, but the fact that you see little evidence of post-1900 material
about provides it with a time-capsule, derelict atmosphere.
A better photographer than I am could probably do a
good photo essay on this place. Will I ever do a painting? Who knows, but I am
afraid anything I attempt would just be a "forlorn house" cliche.
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| Front view |
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| Rear Left Corner |
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| Side with missing chimney |
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| Front door |
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| Front and side. Guess light bill was unpaid. |
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| Gable end |
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| Rear view looks like someone tried residing with manufactured board |
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| Looks like another missing chimney; probably a small porch was here as well. |
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ReplyDeletegood day joseph, did you get any impression on the state of the roof and the foundations? this house got something, hard to define what.
ReplyDeletezahi, foundation is pretty crumbled. would need to be supported and repointed. its an awesome house, but pretty far gone.
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