Tag: historic homes
Customer Service: An Odyssey
This story has a happy ending. Eventually, a combination of corporations and insurance paid for our historic Midtown home to have nearly $15,000 worth of unintended kitchen repairs. But it took hundreds of hours and considerable dedicated effort to get these various entities to make good on their promises. We’re here to offer some advice […]
Fun at Old Alabama Town
On Saturday, March 9, we’ll celebrate Second Saturday at Old Alabama Town. Admission to both the Living and Working Blocks are free from 10 a.m. until 3. On this Saturday, several special events make the day especially enjoyable. John Schneider will be presenting a wood working demonstration near the log cabin. Shanlie Wolter will return with […]
Rescued Relics
In what will surely be a series of upcoming posts on Midtown Montgomery, we’ve decided to renovate the shed that lives in the back yard of the Midtown house that we purchased about a decade ago. In the ten years that we’ve owned it, we’ve managed to store a few things in the shed, mostly […]
New Neighbors in Old Houses
We are friends and neighbors here on North Lewis Street in historic Capitol Heights. We share potluck dinners, drinks on front porches, and cookouts on back decks. We look out for each other’s house, pets and, well, each other. So when Fred and Bobby delivered the news they were moving to Hazel Hedge, we were […]
Contracting with Contractors
Over the eight years we’ve lived in Montgomery, we’ve had more than our share of contractors working in our house. We’d purchased and hoped to fix up and maintain a beautiful old home here, but looking back it’s fair to say that we didn’t really know what we were getting into. Regular readers of MML […]
Coalition Seeks New Solutions for Historic Preservation
Even if you don’t live in one of Montgomery’s beautiful historic districts, you still benefit from their character and distinctiveness. Aesthetically, they are a joy to walk or drive through. Economically, they help us all by generating tourism and marketing our distinctive character to prospective new residents. But as the city grows and changes, preserving […]
The Mysteries of the Capitol Heights School
Some years ago, Carole King and I were working on the text for the historical marker on the site of the Capitol Heights School on Winona Avenue. Two incidents occurred recently that reminded me of some research mysteries regarding the school that are unsolved (at least so far). The first incident that brought all of […]
Driving Down Electricity Bills
We’re nearly into August and temperatures long ago began to soar. For months now, we have been looking for ways to stay comfortable. Surprisingly to many, living in an old house is one of the best ways to do that. I corresponded with Tracy Nelson of the Preservation Resource Center in New Orleans. She has […]
I Believe in Hilda Dent
A few months ago, we wrote about our adventure going before the Architectural Review Board. We were seeking permission to renovate our sunroom. The room almost certainly was once open to the elements — or perhaps screened in — and once featured a rear-facing door (long since bricked in to make a nice bookcase). At some […]
Save 1802 Madison
In the name of branding, the City of Montgomery has declared itself to be “Capital Cool,” a marketing phrase designed to attract people to the state’s capital city. I have another suggestion for attaining that elusive state of being cool: Get on board the 1802 Project. A group of neighbors have come together to save […]
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