5/7/12

Off Topic, Attic Windows and Dormers.


In my walks about my neighborhood, I'm fascinated with the variety of attic windows and Dormers on some of the houses. It is an old neighborhood; there is one house, a few blocks from me, that started as a log cabin, but siding and plaster have transformed it. Mostly I'm intrigued by 19th. and early 20th. century homes. So, along with the Civil War monuments, expect to see some Dormers and attic windows:

This house has been resided, but the attic windows look original, very small double hung windows.


Love the multi-paned window, scroll sawed details, and the ornamental brickwork in the chiminey