The Historic District

I like the Adam or Federal style homes. Colonial revivals are nice and simple Queen Anns with wrap around porches are also fun. The FLW Prairie style houses are also favorites.

I rented a bungalow on Rye Beach, NH which had the same construction in the bathroom. I think it made the rooms a little bigger by building this way. I was surprised to see this but the little house probably had been a summer place originally.

Congratulations; I am sure you are delighted to be in before Christmas. The house looks great despite the lattice!

Welcome, You have a very interesting home with many interesting features. You have definitely selected a very serious problem to address first rather than working on cosmetics. A structural engineer might be best to advise how best to correct the hacked beam now & worry about the wall above later.

I have one like Vined Porch, and one that has what looks like screw heads set into the door that you turn and a little metal latch/catch comes out and grabs something in the screen or glass part. There are various methods that all seem original that I've seen on these. And I have yet to find a scre...

Yes the screen/storm combos were as described above but ours had a knob with an inside lock so the knob couldn't be turned from the outside; it was a thumb slide built into the latch mechanism. There was a strong spring that closed the door, no pneumatic closer like we use today. Our KY house had th...

All things come to those who wait!

Cute small house!

We are sorry that you didn't find an old house near Charlotte but hope you find a nice home to work on & call your own. Please check in & show us what you find. Good luck in NC, Charlotte is a beautiful town. Don M

The finish work should be fun.