The last historic house that I lived in was in Halifax, in the area called the Hydrostones. They were built in 1919 to offer houses to all the people who had lost their houses during the Halifax Explosion. Today was the 94th anniversary of that huge and horrible event, so I was thinking about that other lovely old house a lot today. It was a marvel of modern design of its day with closets in every bedroom, indoor plumbing and back allies for services. The house, like its 500 neighbours, was built as a planned community by a town designer. All very special.
But this house, and the Firehouse that is coming along to join it, are even more special. Also in a planned community, also marveling in designs appropriate for its day. Working with history is very enjoyable. We are fast approaching the 150th anniversary of the house (although we don't yet know the actual day that building started or finished, we have only been told the year), so it will be exciting to have the Firehouse finished in the same year as the house turns 150 years old.
The final trim along the roof line went on to the north side first thing this morning. After that a whole lot of clean up and re-organizing took place. The scaffolding came down for the first time in a couple of months and lots of bits and pieces got re-stored or just plain organized. Mike Knock and his assistant Seth also started wiring the upstairs and this also meant a lot of extra work for Colin and his team to move their tools and equipment out of the way. They handled it with their usual diligence.
