Tag: houses
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Lanier Mansion, Madison, Indiana Canon PowerShot S80 2009
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Saved? The 1861 Flanagan/Kincaid House
I’ve been following the efforts to save the Flanagan/Kincaid House, built in 1861 in what is now Fishers, Indiana. I had been curious about this house for years, as I drove by it frequently after dropping my sons off at their mom’s in Fishers. But then the house made news when the land developer that came to…
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Shooting Kentmere 100
Some people say you have to get the processing juuuuust right to get the best results from Kentmere 100, a black-and-white film manufactured by the same folks who make the Ilford films. But I don’t process my own. My film is always at the mercy of whatever chemical soup my favorite processor uses. I’m willing to place some…
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Endangered: The 1861 Flanagan/Kincaid House
This lovely 153-year-old house is among a small number of houses from this era that remain in Hamilton County, Indiana – and it’s in very real danger of being demolished. As I said when I first shared this house with you last year, it stands next to I-69 on 106th Street in Fishers, which is a suburb of…
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The beautiful homes on Main Street in Casey, Illinois
If you ever visit Casey, Illinois, be sure to do two things: (1) pronounce it “cay-zee,” and (2) drive in from the east on Main Street. The first is to prevent embarrassing yourself should you talk to any of the locals, for the town’s name is not pronounced as it looks. The second is to enjoy…
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SoBro homes
I would love to live in the city again. Actually, I live in the city now, as my home is well within the city limits. But it’s not real city, as I live in a suburban-style subdivision. I miss living on a grid of streets with sidewalks, and being able to walk to the store. I had some expired…
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A lonely little petunia in an onion patch
When you drive Indiana’s back roads, it is not yet uncommon to come upon great old houses like this one. Can you imagine the complete bucolic scene? There’s probably a barn off to the right, and cornfields to the left, and cows. There must be cows somewhere. Yeahhhhh, not so much. This great house, which…