Houses on Vance Ave. that might have been pictured recently in my post featuring a 1915 postcard...HERE.
The other day I wanted to check out the newest coffee shop, "Recess." It had just opened, but I also heard their baked goods had sold out quickly. This was around 3 pm, so I didn't really want/need coffee.
But let's look from the view the post card had...sort of. It's now an auto repair place, instead of a good old hotel which burned down many years ago...new building completely.
The railroad tracks haven't changed, and what I thought was a berm along the far side is really just how the railroad cut into the mountain, which shows in the land below the tracks on Vance.
And here's the post card so you can actually compare perhaps the buildings in 1915 to those in 2024.
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So I drove slowly west on Vance, taking photos of the older houses.
These were the only pair of the hip-roofed cottages, which would possibly have been around that long ago. (south side of street)
My last shot of a house on the uphill side of Vance Ave.
I'm not convinced any are the same buildings. Maybe the register of deeds...but I'm not interested in that deep a search. I want to be making little pottery dragons, remember?
Sharing again with Sepia Saturday. This is where those old photos often take us, to see what's there now!
Today's quote:
The grandeur of human actions is measured by the inspiration from which they spring. Happy is he who bears a god within, and who obeys it.—Louis Pasteur
Today March 9:
National Barbie Day,
Get Over It Day
Two years ago, March 11, my blog was sharing some spring beauties before a snow was due to fall.
...you found some wonderful porches.
ReplyDeleteI like the tour of the houses! Take care, enjoy your weekend.
ReplyDeleteI love those front porches! I would love to see inside the houses, as well!
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately I don't know anyone who lives there, so can't just go up and knock on the door...
DeleteYou have some unique looking houses.
ReplyDeleteThese are pretty standard around these southern mountains.
DeleteSo glad some of the old houses survive.
ReplyDeleteWhether in the post card photo or not, some of these must be pretty old.
DeleteOur town is a combination of young and old! I like it.
ReplyDeleteThat's always what attracts me to an area.
DeleteI'm always impressed by the landscape in old picture postcards of our mountains. Back in the day it seems there were fewer trees and more grassland which reflects on the logging and agriculture that our region once supported. I had never noticed the railroad berms before. I suspect that the nature of the rail bed has greatly changed from the days of old steam engines pulling fewer cars to modern locomotives capable of hauling longer and much heavier trains.
ReplyDeleteThat's a good point to think about. And now there are fewer trains going by here in Black Mountain. But the trees have now grown back up. There's even an organization listing heritage trees in town. They mapped where they are. I have something to do when the weather is warmer!
DeleteIt's often hard to try and imagine what an area looked like in the past, and with some houses hard to tell if they are old ones that have been changed/extended, or new-builds.
ReplyDeleteYes indeed. And I doubt that I was able to stand in the same spot as where the post card photo was taken. There is no hotel any more there.
DeleteHere in Sonora (CA), we have many old 1800/early 1900s homes - some of which have been beautifully restored, and some which have been turned into apartments or duplexes. There's one in particular which I go past nearly every day painted a pale lavender with gingerbread trim painted white. It is gorgeous! :)
ReplyDeleteI've actually lived in several old homes adapted into apartments in my lifetime. They are always funny, either with the original kitchen or bath, and the other parts either added inside, wall making a new hall in the house. But they do meet the needs of people (like us as young married couple moving into a new town) who come to a new area.
DeleteFrom Scotsue - it is always interesting to see where our fellow bloggers live and I enjoyed seeing the type of houses in your town..
ReplyDeleteThanks. There are many more modern beautiful homes, usually hidden up a long driveway between bushes so I can't photograph them!
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