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FOUND! The Newest Most Popular Name For Girls! Bet You Can't Guess It!
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Hymie Boogersnoutyr
Jun 27, 2012, 7:42:30 AM6/27/12
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"Keeping a piece of history alive — and lived in"
Letter to the Editor
June 26, 2012
It gave me great joy to read the article about Terri and Craig
Rosenthal’s moving a historic house from Massachusetts to Purcellville
[“Va. couple gives ‘mobile’ home literal reading,” Metro, June 19]. I
was so glad to hear that someone else treasures historic homes.
In 1994, my husband and I purchased a pre-1750 log cabin that sat on
land containing three massive, 240-year-old oak trees. The cabin,
which also had a log addition built in the early 1800s, was
uninhabitable, and my husband wanted to build a new home on the land.
But I just couldn’t stand demolishing the cabin. I insisted we keep
history alive.
Everyone thought we were crazy, but the end result is this: A hand-
hewn log cabin with original walls, floors and stone fireplace,
complete with iron hardware, has survived. During the restoration, we
found a note in between the logs dated “this tenth day of November
1829.”
When I sit in the living room, I cannot help but think that I’m in a
room that existed more than 26 years before the Declaration of
Independence was signed and more than 39 years before George
Washington became the first president. If only the walls could talk.
I thank the Rosenthals for doing their part in preserving a historic
home. Renovating is hard work and requires dedication. Very few
centuries-old homes exist in this country, and it is important that
those that do survive for future generations.
Wietske Moore, Lovettsville, Md.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/keeping-a-piece-of-history-alive--and-lived-in/2012/06/26/gJQAcY0G5V_story.html
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"Keeping a piece of history alive — and lived in"
Letter to the Editor
June 26, 2012
It gave me great joy to read the article about Terri and Craig
Rosenthal’s moving a historic house from Massachusetts to Purcellville
[“Va. couple gives ‘mobile’ home literal reading,” Metro, June 19]. I
was so glad to hear that someone else treasures historic homes.
In 1994, my husband and I purchased a pre-1750 log cabin that sat on
land containing three massive, 240-year-old oak trees. The cabin,
which also had a log addition built in the early 1800s, was
uninhabitable, and my husband wanted to build a new home on the land.
But I just couldn’t stand demolishing the cabin. I insisted we keep
history alive.
Everyone thought we were crazy, but the end result is this: A hand-
hewn log cabin with original walls, floors and stone fireplace,
complete with iron hardware, has survived. During the restoration, we
found a note in between the logs dated “this tenth day of November
1829.”
When I sit in the living room, I cannot help but think that I’m in a
room that existed more than 26 years before the Declaration of
Independence was signed and more than 39 years before George
Washington became the first president. If only the walls could talk.
I thank the Rosenthals for doing their part in preserving a historic
home. Renovating is hard work and requires dedication. Very few
centuries-old homes exist in this country, and it is important that
those that do survive for future generations.
Wietske Moore, Lovettsville, Md.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/keeping-a-piece-of-history-alive--and-lived-in/2012/06/26/gJQAcY0G5V_story.html
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