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historic homes of marietta pa: A Story of Two Historic Homes on the Marietta PA Candlelight Tour - 12/23/09 08:32 AM
Back in the 1980s, I was restoring two homes in Marietta, PA.  One was an 18th century log & stone home, and the other was a Federal mansion that had been cut into apartments, sustained a fire, lost its roof and been condemned.  As the Christmas season approached, I thought it would be good publicity to put them both on the annual Marietta Candlelight Tour of historic homes, even though they were far from finished.
 
As rough as they still were inside at the time of the tour, I decorated them with greenery and a tree.  I had a display inside the … (6 comments)

historic homes of marietta pa: The Linden House, Marietta, PA - 06/08/07 05:54 PM
The Linden House, Marietta PA:
In 1983 I purchased the Linden House in Marietta, PA.  Built ca. 1805 by lumber magnate Henry Cassel, the 6,000 SF mansion had fallen on hard times.  After being unceremoniously chopped up into ten low rent apartments, the roof had been burned off and the house condemned.  The mansion had 606 window panes (yes, I counted them), most of which were broken.  It also had three center halls, fifteen fireplaces including a walk-in fireplace in the summer kitchen, and an ornate fanlight over the front door.

Linden House Antiques was just one of the plans I had for … (12 comments)

 
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