Photo from the collection of the Library of Congress
Happy Friday once again everyone, today’s old photo Friday comes from the collection of the Library of Congress, and the Detroit Publishing Company Archives.
Here’s the same view a century apart. The Queen Anne on the corner is still standing, although a bit different than she was was in 1910.
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Do you suppose under all that siding the woodwork is still there? Or would it have been removed to put it up?
Ever notice on some of the sidewalks at intersections of Walkerville, the street name is imprinted on the sidewalk? It the original sidewalks too, not modern stuff. Some were accidently put back in place upside down though.:(
There's one right on the south west corner in this streetview shot. I think all but the north east corner has one at this intersection.
Thanks Andrew!
Most houses still have the original woodclap siding underneath aluminum or vinyl. It is much easier to go nail over top than it is to remove the old wood.
My house has the original clapboard wood over the asphalt siding and in the next few years I will be pulling it off to restore the original siding. It even has the original paint!
What I absolutely love in pictures like this, is to see those trees and how they've aged! Amazing!
I really like the house with the Turret. You don't see to many Queen Anne style homes in Windsor.
Is that a large iron fence I see on the right hand side of the picture? Almost reminds me of the fence that is around Willistead.
To CPC:That's probably atleast the second generation of trees.There were a lot of American elms planted in Walkerville and the Dutch Elm disease epidemic swept through in the early 60's.
I can't get over how clean the street looks all the yards look well maintained
My favourite house with a turret is at Park and Caron, I believe the address is 393 Caron. Has there ever been a post about this house? And does it qualify as Queen Anne style? http://g.co/maps/mhfud
Kristen. It certainly is a Queen Anne style house. However the owners have muddled the housed. Back enclosing the front porch, painting the house in colours more akin to the tudor style and areas where it needs to have some major work.
Sadly once the owners part ways with the house I anticipate it becoming yet another rooming house. The city diesn't and won't fight them in the downtown area anymore...only in the suburbs and more affluent neighbourhoods.
I want to add that in fact instead of using our legal department to fight against the increasing use of rooming houses; the city actually uses their legal dep't t fight the residents who have single family homes in the downtown neighbourhoods to actually allow rooming houses!
The question now is who fights for the neighbourhoods and the little guy? It sure isn't Windsor!