Pictures of the Week 2009-2
Hello All,
Wow, it’s hard to believe that six months have past since our last Picture of the Week. While it is true we have been busy remodeling our little house, we have managed to get out and about now and then. The nice thing about being retired is that you are not on a schedule and can act on whims of desire. Our philosophy is “Live each day to the fullest and follow your dreams.” Who knows what tomorrow will bring.
One Saturday some friends called and asked if we wanted to join them on a guided walking tour in Florence. It was a beautiful day so we said “sounds great.” For a town of only 37,000 we were amazed to learn that Florence has nine “historic districts.” The walking tour for the day was to one of those historic districts called “Walnut Street.”
Walnut Street began as a residential area in the national economic boom of the 1880s and 1890s and continued its development through the 1920s. Industries and businesses grew in Florence, the population of the city increased, and business and professional people built their homes in this residential neighborhood. The street remains intact and reflects the changes in architectural styles from 1890s Victorian to the 1920s Bungalow. The district was added to the National Historic Register of Historic Places in 1977.
Here are photos of various homes on Walnut Street.
Wow, it’s hard to believe that six months have past since our last Picture of the Week. While it is true we have been busy remodeling our little house, we have managed to get out and about now and then. The nice thing about being retired is that you are not on a schedule and can act on whims of desire. Our philosophy is “Live each day to the fullest and follow your dreams.” Who knows what tomorrow will bring.
One Saturday some friends called and asked if we wanted to join them on a guided walking tour in Florence. It was a beautiful day so we said “sounds great.” For a town of only 37,000 we were amazed to learn that Florence has nine “historic districts.” The walking tour for the day was to one of those historic districts called “Walnut Street.”
Walnut Street began as a residential area in the national economic boom of the 1880s and 1890s and continued its development through the 1920s. Industries and businesses grew in Florence, the population of the city increased, and business and professional people built their homes in this residential neighborhood. The street remains intact and reflects the changes in architectural styles from 1890s Victorian to the 1920s Bungalow. The district was added to the National Historic Register of Historic Places in 1977.
Here are photos of various homes on Walnut Street.
Here are a few photos of the
Bungalow style homes, some of which are quite large.
Should anyone be interested in buying one of these
homes, they start at around a half million dollars and go up from there. All
renovations must be approved by a local historical committee. The following
photo is from the rear of one of the homes that was being renovated.
This is Miss Barb and our
motley crew of friends that invited us to take the tour. They all appear to
have been drinking the “hard stuff” but that is really empty glasses of
lemonade. We were surprised when one of the local residents was passing out
lemonade to people on the tour--another example of the fine southern
hospitality here in northern Alabama.
Until next time,
Dave & Barb
The Traveling Browns
Dave & Barb
The Traveling Browns