A window to American history

When we bought the house, it was clear to us that we would need to replace the windows. Most of them are the original ones (1929!) and many are painted shut. Some windows have been replaced (we guessed in the 50's or 60's) with large picture windows that don't open. Not sure what they were thinking back then, but the consequence is that there is very little ventilation on the main floor of the house.

So now we're looking into replacing some windows... We were able to get some old pictures of our house from the County Archives - it's very cool to see what our house used to look like.

The house was built in 1929. This picture was taken in 1937:



Then, this is what it looked like in 1961. A well-manicured lawn, defined concrete paths, large picture windows, were the best one could hope for. Indeed, in the mind of the 1950 family, trees are overrated.


We haven't decided on the details, but we're certainly going back to the split craftsman windows...