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A Story of Two Historic Homes on the Marietta PA Candlelight Tour

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Real Estate Agent with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, Lancaster PA RS134746A

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.

 Historic Marietta PA homes

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 stone & log house showing some of the things I had dug up under the floor, which had needed to be replaced.  There were hand-blown bottles, shards of crockery, and even a rusty Derringer pistol!

Historic Linden House, Marietta PA

We received many positive comments from the visitors who had bought tickets to the Candlelight Tour!

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Comments (5)

Jo-Anne Smith
Oakville, ON

Brian,

I would have loved to have been there.....the log and stone house is fascinating. Do you have any interior photos?

Jo

Dec 23, 2009 01:03 AM
Brian Schulman
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, Lancaster PA - Lancaster, PA
Lancaster County PA RealEstate Expert 717-951-5552

Hi Don,

Thanks for stopping by. Merry Christmas to you and your family, too!

 

Dec 23, 2009 01:05 AM
Brian Schulman
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, Lancaster PA - Lancaster, PA
Lancaster County PA RealEstate Expert 717-951-5552

Hi Jo,

I did take a lot of interior photos at the time, and saved them in albums which are now packed away.  Of course, that was before the days of digital photos!

Dec 23, 2009 01:07 AM
Damon Gettier
Damon Gettier & Associates, REALTORS- Roanoke Va Short Sale Expert - Roanoke, VA
Broker/Owner ABRM, GRI, CDPE

Brian, I have only been to Lancaster County a couple of times for beagle field trials....I was amazed at the millions of geese I saw in the later winter/early spring.

Dec 30, 2009 04:58 AM
Brian Schulman
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, Lancaster PA - Lancaster, PA
Lancaster County PA RealEstate Expert 717-951-5552

Damon, Lancaster County wetlands are resting places for many migrating birds in the late fall and early spring, including lots of geese.  Thanks for stopping by!

Dec 30, 2009 05:39 AM